14th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies Task Force report on obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome

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Pregnancy morbidity is one of the clinical manifestations used for classification criteria of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). During the 14th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies (aPL), a Task Force with internationally-known experts was created to carry out a critical appraisal of the literature available regarding the association of aPL with obstetric manifestations present in actual classification criteria (recurrent early miscarriage, fetal death, preeclampsia and placental insufficiency) and the quality of the evidence that treatment(s) provide benefit in terms of avoiding recurrent adverse obstetric outcomes. The association of infertility with aPL and the effectiveness of the treatment of patients with infertility and positive aPL was also investigated. This report presents current knowledge and limitations of published studies regarding pregnancy morbidity, infertility and aPL, identifying areas that need better investigative efforts and proposing how critical flaws could be avoided in future studies, as suggested by participants of the Task Force. Except for fetal death, there are limitations in the quality of the data supporting the association of aPL with obstetric complications included in the current APS classification criteria. Recommended treatments for all pregnancy morbidity associated to APS also lack well-designed studies to confirm its efficacy. APL does not seem to be associated with infertility and treatment does not improve the outcomes in infertile patients with aPL. In another section of the Task Force, Dr. Jane Salmon reviewed complement-mediated inflammation in reproductive failure in APS, considering new therapeutic targets to obstetric APS (Ob APS).

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Autoimmunity reviews - 13(2014), 8 vom: 21. Aug., Seite 795-813

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

de Jesus, Guilherme R [VerfasserIn]
Agmon-Levin, Nancy [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, Carlos A [VerfasserIn]
Andreoli, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Chighizola, Cecilia B [VerfasserIn]
Porter, T Flint [VerfasserIn]
Salmon, Jane [VerfasserIn]
Silver, Robert M [VerfasserIn]
Tincani, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Branch, D Ware [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Complement
Fetal death
Infertility
Journal Article
Preeclampsia
Recurrent early miscarriage
Review

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Date Completed 27.10.2014

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.autrev.2014.02.003

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NLM236592742