Many lupus patients experience serious heart problems, ranging from heart valve disease to heart attacks, as a result of their disease activity. The following questions may help you better understand ...

Laboratory tests that identify aPL are: lupus anticoagulant (LAC), a test for blood clotting (sometimes referred to by the specific test done, such as aPTT or dRVVT) anticardiolipin (aCL), which has ...

Participants (n=29) were recruited through email invitation via patient support organisations, posted invitation through a lupus clinic and snowball sampling through lupus support networks.

Introduction Multiple factors, including proteinuria, antiphospholipid syndrome, thrombocytopenia and hypertension, are predictive of pregnancy loss in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In the ...