The European Registry on Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome (EUROAPS) : A survey of 247 consecutive cases

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AIM: To analyse the clinical features, laboratory data, foetal-maternal outcomes, and follow-up in a cohort of 247 women with obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome (OAPS).

METHODS: The European Registry on APS became a Registry within the framework of the European Forum on Antiphospholipid Antibody projects and placed on a website in June 2010. Cases with obstetric complaints related to aPL who tested positive for aPL prospectively and retrospectively were included. The three-year survey results are reported.

RESULTS: 338 women with 1253 pregnancy episodes were included; 915 were historical and 338 were latest episodes. All these women tested positive for aPL. 247 of the 338 fulfilled the Sydney criteria. According to the laboratory categories, 84/247 were in category I, 42 in IIa, 66 in IIb and 55 in IIc. Obstetric complications other than foetal losses, appeared in 129 cases (52.2%). 192 (77.7%) had a live birth and 55 (22.3%) did not. The latter group of only 38 cases (69%) received adequate treatment and 17 (31%) did not. 177/247 (72%) women were put on heparin plus LDA. Thrombosis appeared in two during pregnancy and in 14 during the puerperium. 7 (3%) women evolved to complete SLE.

CONCLUSIONS: OAPS shows differential characteristics than classical APS. All laboratory test categories are needed to avoid false-negative diagnoses. In some cases, complement levels could act as a serological marker. OAPS has very good foetal-maternal outcomes when treated. Thrombosis and progression to SLE in mothers with OAPS are scarce compared with "classical APS", suggesting that they have different aPL-mediated pathogenic mechanisms.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Autoimmunity reviews - 14(2015), 5 vom: 12. Mai, Seite 387-95

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alijotas-Reig, Jaume [VerfasserIn]
Ferrer-Oliveras, Raquel [VerfasserIn]
Ruffatti, Amelia [VerfasserIn]
Tincani, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Lefkou, Elmina [VerfasserIn]
Bertero, Ma Tiziana [VerfasserIn]
Coloma-Bazan, Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
de Carolis, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Espinosa, Gerard [VerfasserIn]
Rovere-Querini, Patrizia [VerfasserIn]
Kuzenko, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Valverde, Enrique E [VerfasserIn]
Robles, Angel [VerfasserIn]
Cervera, Ricard [VerfasserIn]
Canti, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Fredi, Micaela [VerfasserIn]
Gil-Aguado, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Lundelin, Krista [VerfasserIn]
Llurba, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Melnychuk, Taisiya [VerfasserIn]
Nalli, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Picardo, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Silvestro, Erika [VerfasserIn]
del Ross, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Farran-Codina, Inmaculada [VerfasserIn]
(EUROAPS Study Group Collaborators) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Antiphospholipid antibody
Journal Article
Laboratory categories
Obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome
Obstetric morbidity
Registry
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Treatment

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Date Completed 27.07.2015

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.autrev.2014.12.010

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NLM245028951