Antiphospholipid Syndrome: From Pathophysiology to Therapy
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1069
Special Issue Editor
Interests: antiphospholipid syndrome; OMICS; immune; autoimmune; rheumatology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute your research to the Special Issue “Antiphospholipid Syndrome: From Pathophysiology to Therapy”.
Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune systemic disorder characterized by arterial, venous, or small vessel thrombosis and/or recurrent early pregnancy loss, fetal loss, or pregnancy morbidity in the setting of documented persistent anti-phospholipid antibodies that include the lupus anticoagulant, or moderate-high titer anticardiolipin, or anti-beta 2Glycoprotein I antibodies. New research shows that APS has an estimated prevalence of about 50/100,000 population, and can occur both in patients with underlying autoimmune disease, infections, malignancies, drugs (secondary APS), and in patients without any concomitant clinical conditions (primary APS).
This Special Issue is open for basic research, and will also cover original articles as well as reviews on the following topics:
- Antiphospholipid antibodies: pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms;
- Clinical features of antiphospholipid syndrome;
- Traditional and innovative therapeutic approaches for antiphospholipid syndrome.
Prof. Dr. Cristina Belizna
Guest Editor
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