TY - CHAP AU - Katarzyna Fischer AU - Jacek Flicinnski AU - Marek Brzosko ED - Alena Bulikova Y1 - 2012-04-20 PY - 2012 T1 - Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Their Association with Atherosclerotic Changes in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus – Review of Literature and Own Experiences N2 - The antiphospholipid syndrome has been described for the first time by Graham Hughes in 1983 as a condition connected with thromboses or foetal losses and antiphospholipid antibodies presence. Form that time there has been a great progress in knowledge, including antiphospholipid antibodies characterisation, their probable and also possible action, clinical manifestations, laboratory detection and treatment possibilities . This book provides a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations through Chapters written by well known researchers and clinicians with a great practical experience in management of diagnostics or treatment of antiphospholipid antibodies' presence. BT - Antiphospholipid Syndrome SP - Ch. 6 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/32701 DO - 10.5772/32701 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-25 ER -