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antiphospholipid

Definitions

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  • adjective medicine Counteracting phospholipids; applied to Hughes syndrome.

Etymologies

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anti- +‎ phospholipid

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Examples

  • Known as antiphospholipid antibodies, the result is the formation of blood clots in the blood vessels through which your body supplies nutrients to your developing baby.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • Women with either the lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies, or both—the so-called antiphospholipid antibody syndrome—are at risk of developing clotting problems that could include heart attack, stroke, and deep venous thrombosis leg clots.

    THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994

  • Women with either the lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies, or both—the so-called antiphospholipid antibody syndrome—are at risk of developing clotting problems that could include heart attack, stroke, and deep venous thrombosis leg clots.

    THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994

  • Women with either the lupus anticoagulant, anticardiolipin antibodies, or both—the so-called antiphospholipid antibody syndrome—are at risk of developing clotting problems that could include heart attack, stroke, and deep venous thrombosis leg clots.

    THE LUPUS HANDBOOK FOR WOMEN ROBIN DIBNER 1994

  • Sparks died on November 5 from a stroke and his father Bill stated that doctors believe it was brought on by a pre-existing condition called antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), which causes unnatural blood clotting.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2009

  • Bill Sparks says doctors think Tom's stroke was likely caused by a pre-existing disease that causes unnatural blood clotting called antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS).

    ETonline - Breaking News 2009

  • Autoimmune disorders such as antiphospholipid antibodies can cause blood clots that clog vessels in the placenta.

    Getting Answers on Miscarriage 2008

  • Jan’s blood showed the precise biomarkers for an autoimmune disease known as antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, or APS, an illness he’d seen too often of late in other thrombotic patients.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Jan’s blood showed the precise biomarkers for an autoimmune disease known as antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, or APS, an illness he’d seen too often of late in other thrombotic patients.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • The Immunology Lab also offers tests to aid in the diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS).

    Immunology Lab 2010

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