Antiphospholipid Syndrome in Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Second Edition provides an overview
of our current understanding of this major disease. It includes the latest information on the
new pathogenetic mechanisms involved along with clinical manifestations in both the thrombotic
and non-thrombotic manifestations of this important disease. Antiphospholipid syndrome is an
autoimmune disease that causes abnormal blood clots. It is now recognized as a major cause of
common conditions including stroke heart attack miscarriage epilepsy and memory loss and
as such is gaining recognition in all branches of medicine from obstetrics to cardiology and
from psychiatry to orthopedics.
