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The following antibodies are associated with the antiphopholipid syndrome; however, these antibodies may be present transiently in normal individuals.<ref name="pmid7831653">{{cite journal| author=Vila P, Hernández MC, López-Fernández MF, Batlle J| title=Prevalence, follow-up and clinical significance of the anticardiolipin antibodies in normal subjects. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 1994 | volume= 72 | issue= 2 | pages= 209-13 | pmid=7831653  
The following antibodies are associated with the antiphopholipid syndrome; however, these antibodies may be present transiently in normal individuals.<ref name="pmid7831653">{{cite journal| author=Vila P, Hernández MC, López-Fernández MF, Batlle J| title=Prevalence, follow-up and clinical significance of the anticardiolipin antibodies in normal subjects. | journal=Thromb Haemost | year= 1994 | volume= 72 | issue= 2 | pages= 209-13 | pmid=7831653  
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* Lupus anticoagulant antibodies. These are detected by prolong clotting times such as [[partial thromboplastin time]] (aPTT) or dilute [[prothrombin time]] (PT). These are more [[sensitivity and specificity|specific]] tests.
* Lupus anticoagulant antibodies. These are detected by prolong clotting times such as [[partial thromboplastin time]] (aPTT) or dilute [[prothrombin time]] (PT). These are more [[sensitivity and specificity|specific]] tests. These antibodies may interacti with other risk factors such as smoking and [[estrogen]]s.<ref name="pmid19783216">{{cite journal| author=Urbanus RT, Siegerink B, Roest M, Rosendaal FR, de Groot PG, Algra A| title=Antiphospholipid antibodies and risk of myocardial infarction and ischaemic stroke in young women in the RATIO study: a case-control study. | journal=Lancet Neurol | year= 2009 | volume= 8 | issue= 11 | pages= 998-1005 | pmid=19783216
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* Anticardiolipin antibodies. These are antibodies to a phospholipid and are detected by [[immunoassay]]s (usually [[enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay]]s).
* Anticardiolipin antibodies. These are antibodies to a phospholipid and are detected by [[immunoassay]]s (usually [[enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay]]s).
* Anti–β<sub>2</sub>-glycoprotein I ([[apolipoprotein]] H). These are antibodies to a phospholipid-binding protein and are detected by [[immunoassay]]s (usually [[enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay]]s).
* Anti–β<sub>2</sub>-glycoprotein I ([[apolipoprotein]] H). These are antibodies to a phospholipid-binding protein and are detected by [[immunoassay]]s (usually [[enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay]]s).

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In medicine, antiphospholipid syndrome is the "presence of antibodies directed against phospholipids (antiphospholipid antibody). The condition is associated with a variety of diseases, notably systemic lupus erythematosus and other connective tissue diseases, thrombopenia, and arterial or venous thromboses. In pregnancy it can cause abortion. Of the phospholipids, the cardiolipins show markedly elevated levels of anticardiolipin antibodies (anticardiolipin antibody). Present also are high levels of lupus anticoagulant (lupus anticoagulant inhibitor)."[1][2]

According to the Sapporo criteria, patients must have both:[3]

Antibodies

The following antibodies are associated with the antiphopholipid syndrome; however, these antibodies may be present transiently in normal individuals.[4]

References