What we know and what we don't know about catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome

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Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a severe condition with high mortality. Since its description in 1992, an important effort has been made to improve and disseminate knowledge on CAPS. Most of our current knowledge comes from the studies performed using the CAPS Registry, a database created in 2000 to gather as many cases as possible in order to better define this disease. It has demonstrated that this condition has multiple faces and is often triggered by a precipitating factor that leads to a thrombotic microangiopathy and cytokine storm involving almost any organ of the body. Analysis of the CAPS Registry has also shown that patients receiving anticoagulation, glucocorticoids and plasma exchange and/or IVIG have a better prognosis. However, there are still many unresolved questions. In this review we summarize what is known and what is still a matter of research in this condition.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 63(2024), SI vom: 06. Feb., Seite SI46-SI53

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rodriguez-Pintó, Ignasi [VerfasserIn]
Espinosa, Gerard [VerfasserIn]
Cervera, Ricard [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anticoagulation
Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
Cytokine storm
Eculizumab
Glucocorticoids
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Intravenous immunoglobulins
Journal Article
Plasma exchange
Review
Rituximab
Therapeutics
Thrombotic microangiopathy

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Date Completed 08.02.2024

Date Revised 08.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/kead556

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368099709