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Abstract
An antiphospholipid antibody found in association with a variety of diseases (e.g., SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS and ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME) as well as in healthy individuals. In vitro, the antibody interferes with the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin and prolongs the partial thromboplastin time. In vivo, it exerts a procoagulant effect resulting in thrombosis mainly in the larger veins and arteries. It further causes obstetrical complications, including fetal death and spontaneous abortion, as well as a variety of hematologic and neurologic complications.
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- Anticoagulant, Lupus
- Coagulation Inhibitor, Lupus
- Inhibitor, Lupus Coagulation
- Lupus Anticoagulant
- Lupus Anticoagulant Autoantibodies
- Lupus Anticoagulant Autoantibody
- Anticoagulant Autoantibody, Lupus
- Autoantibody, Lupus Anticoagulant
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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92; was LUPUS COAGULATION INHIBITOR (NM) 1978-91
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- Autoantibodies (1966-1991)
- Blood Coagulation Factors (1966-1991)
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- National Library of Medicine. Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016682. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016682
- Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus_anticoagulant
- Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5786759