Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis
-
Semin. Thromb. Hemost. · Jun 2012
Update on the catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and the "CAPS Registry".
Although less than 1% of patients with the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) develop the catastrophic variant known as catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS), its potentially lethal outcome emphasizes its importance in clinical medicine today. However, the rarity of this variant makes it extraordinarily difficult to study in any systematic way. ⋯ HTM). Currently, this database documents the entire clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic data of more than 350 fully registered patients.