Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associated with Pneumonia: A Case Report of a 16-Year-Old Male Patient

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease characterised by arterial and/or venous thrombosis and/or recurrent pregnancy loss in the presence of antiphospholipid (APL) antibodies. It is evaluated as APS when it develops associated with other systemic autoimmune diseases or primary APS...

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Main Authors: Süreyya Yilmaz, Fusun Topcu, Hadice Selimoglu Sen, Yasar Yildirim, Zülfükar Yilmaz, Ali Veysel Kara, Cihan Akgul Ozmen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/249612