Hughes Syndrome

Section 1: Clinical Aspects 1. Hughes Syndrome: History
M. A. Khamashta 2. Antiphospholipid Syndrome: An overview
David P. D’Cruz 3. Epidemiology of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Michelle Petri 4. Hemocytopenias in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Carlomaurizio Montecucco and Roberto Caporali 5. Cardiac Manifestations in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Josep Font and Ricard Cervera 6. Cerebral Ischemia in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Debendra Pattanaik and Robin L. Brey 7. Cerebral Disease other than Stroke and tia in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Giovanni Sanna 8. Skin Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Carlos A. Battagliotti 9. Kidney Disease in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Mary-Carmen Amigo and Romeo García-Torres 10. Systemic Hypertension in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Shirish R. Sangle and David P. D’Cruz 11. Pulmonary Hypertension and Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Jean-Charles Piette and Beverley J. Hunt 12. Osteoarticular Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Maria G. Tektonidou and Haralampos M. Moutsopoulos 13. The Ear and Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Elias Toubi and Aharon Kessel 14. The Eye in Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Cristina Castañon and Pedro A.Reyes 15. Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Tonia L. Vincent and Charles G. Mackworth-Young 16. Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome
H. Michael Belmont 17. Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome
T. Flint Porter, Robert M. Silver and D. Ware Branch 18. Infertility and Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Lisa R. Sammaritano 19. Transplantation of Solid Organs, Tissues and Prosthetic Devices in Patients with Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Dawn R. Wagenknecht and John A. McIntyre 20. Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Children
Lori B. Tucker and Rolando Cimaz 21. Ethnic and Geographic Variation inAntiphospholipid Syndrome
Wendell A. Wilson and Elena Cucurull 22. Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Differential Diagnosis
Beverley J. Hunt and Paul R. J. Ames Section 2: Laboratory Investigation 23. Anticardiolipin Testing
Silvia S. Pierangeli 24. Lupus Anticoagulants: Mechanistic and Diagnostic Considerations
Jef M. M. C. Arnout and Jos Vermylen 25. ß2-glycoprotein I and Anti-ß2-glycoprotein I antibodies
Shinsuke Yasuda, Tatsuya Atsumi and Takao Koike 26. Antiprothrombin Antibodies
Maria Laura Bertolaccini 27. Antiphospholipid Syndrome in the Absence of Standard Antiphospholipid Antibodies: Associations with Other Autoantibodies
Robert A. S. Roubey Section 3: Basic Aspects 28. Vascular Pathology of Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
Gale A. McCarty 29. Placental Pathology in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Ann L. Parke 30. Antiphospholipid Syndrome – Experimental Models: Insight into the Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatments
Miri Blank, Ilan Krause and Yehuda Shoenfeld 31. Antiphospholipid Antibody-Induced Pregnancy Loss and Thrombosis
Guillermina Girardi and Jane E. Salmon 32. Mechanism of Thrombosis in Antiphospholipid Syndrome: Binding to Platelets
Joan-Carles Reverter and Dolors Tàssies 33. Interaction of Antiphospholipid Antibodies with Endothelial Cells
Pier Luigi Meroni, Elena Raschi, Cinzia Testoni, Arianna Parisio, Maria Gerosa and Maria Orietta Borghi 34. The Influence of Antiphospholipid Antibodies on the Protein C Pathway
Philip G. de Groot and Ronald H. W. M. Derksen 35. Contribution of Tissue Factor to the Pathogenesis of Thrombosis in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Chary López-Pedrera, Francisco Velasco and Maria J. Cuadrado 36. Annexins in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Jacob H. Rand and Xiao-Xuan Wu 37. Plasminogen Activation, Fibrinolysis and Cell