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Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Differential Diagnosis

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APS/Hughes syndrome is an increasingly diagnosed condition. This chapter emphasizes the need for clinicians to consider the full range of differential diagnoses for each clinical state, so that the correct diagnosis is reached in an individual patient.

Keywords

  • Migraine With Aura
  • Retinal Vein Occlusion
  • Pyoderma Gangrenosum
  • Anticardiolipin Antibody
  • Cerebral Venous Thrombosis

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  1. Department of Clinical Haematology and Rheumatology, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust, London, UK

    Beverley J. Hunt Mb ChB, FRCP, FRCPath, MD

  2. Academic Department of Rheumatology, Leeds University Teaching Hospitals, Leeds, UK

    Paul R. J. Ames MD

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Hunt, B.J., Ames, P.R.J. (2006). Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Differential Diagnosis. In: Khamashta, M.A. (eds) Hughes Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-009-5_22

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