BookDoruk Erkan, Silvia S. Pierangeli, editors.
Contents:
Part 1. History of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
1. Overview of the Last 25 Years and 13 International Congresses on Antiphospholipid Antibodies / Eon Nigel Harris and Silvia S. Pierangeli
Part II. Basic Science Aspects of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
2. What is the Oirgin of Antiphospholipid Antibodies? / Rohan Willis, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Silvia S. Pierangeli and Miri Blank
3. What is the Genetics of Antiphospholipid Antibodies/Syndrome? / Thomas L. Ortel, Pier Luigi Meroni, Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme, Maria O. Borghi and Joan T. Merrill
4. What is the Mechanism(s) of Antiphospholipid Antibody-Mediated Thrombosis? / Rohan Willis, Ian P. Giles, Pojen P. Chen, Chary López-Pedrera and María José Cuadrado, and Silvia S. Pierangeli
5. What is the Mechanism(s) of Antiphospholipid Antibody-Mediated Pregnancy Morbidity? / Vikki M. Abrahams, Maria O. Borghi, Pier Luigi Meroni, Jacob H. Rand, Elena Raschi, Jane E. Salmon, Francesco Tedesco, and Angela Tincani
6. What are the Target Cells and Receptors that are Recognized by Antiphospholipid Antibodies? / Philip G. de Groot, Elena Raschi, Keith R. McCrae, Silvia S. Pierangeli, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, and Rolf T. Urbanus
Part 3. 13th Iinternational Congress on Antiphospholid Antibodies Task Force Reports
7. Task Force Report on "Criteria" Antiphospholipid Antibody Tests / Robert A. S. Roubey and Silvia S. Pierangeli
8. Task Force Report on "Non-criteria" Antiphospholipid Antibody Tests / Maria Laura Bertolaccini, Olga Amengual, Tatsuya Atsumi, Walter L. Binder, William H. Kutteh, Bas de Laat, [and others]
9. Task Force Report on Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome / D. Ware Branch, Benjamin Leader and Carl A. Laskin
10. Task Force Report on Brain Involvement in Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Joab Chapman, Eyal Muscal and Robin L. Brey
11. Task Force Report on the Management of Thrombosis in Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Vittorio Pengo, Maria G. Tektonidou, Ioana Ruiz-Arruza, María José Cuadrado, and Munther A. Khamashta
12. Task Force Report on Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Gerard Espinosa, Horacio Berman, Doruk Erkan and Ricard Cervera
13. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Thrombocytopenia / Gabriela Hernández-Molina, Xavier López-Karpovitch, Emilio B. González and Antonio R. Cabral
14. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Nephropathy / Maria G. Tektonidou, Horacio E. Adrogué and Smita Vaidya
15. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Cardiac Valve Disease / Gerard Espinosa, Lucía Fernández de Orueta, Elena Lluch, María Ángeles Polvorosa, Sandra Soro, and Ricard Cervera
16. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Skin / Michal Solomon, Yehuda Shoenfeld and Gisele Zandman-Goddard
17. Task Force Report on Antiphospholipid Syndrome Clinical Research / Doruk Erkan, Silvia S. Pierangeli and Michael D. Lockshin
Part 4. Future of Antiphospholipid Syndrome
18. What are the Potential Future Treatments in Antiphospholipid Syndrome? / Doruk Erkan, Anisur Rahman, Hannah Cohen, Samuel J. Machin and Silvia S. Pierangeli
19. Remembrances of Predictions Past / Michael D. Lockshin
Part 5. Antiphospholipid Syndrome for Patients
20. What Should Patients Know about Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Antiphospholipid Syndrome? / Doruk Erkan, Lindsay Lally and Michael D. Lockshin.