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Pediatric Hematology/Oncology • Internal Medicine • Rheumatology • Hematology • Pediatric Hematology • Antiphospholipid Syndrome • Benign Hematology
How would you approach a low to moderate titer of one of the APLS antibodies in a patient with a strong family history but no personal history of thrombosis?
Although testing was not indicated, what do u do with these results?
Other hypercoagulability work up negative
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I would repeat these tests in about 12 weeks or so. Certain infections can transiently induce positive antiphospholipid antibodies, usually non-pathogenic, with certain exceptions.
@Bonnie Bermas- Are these patients at higher risk ...
In high risk patients with positive who are asympt...