Libman-Sacks endocarditis in the antiphospholipid syndrome: immunopathologic findings in deformed heart valves
- 1 June 1996
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Lupus
- Vol. 5 (3) , 196-205
- https://doi.org/10.1177/096120339600500306
Abstract
Objective. To examine the potential immunologic mechanism and involvement of antiphos pholipid antibodies in the pathogenesis of heart valve lesions in patients with the antiphos pholipid syndrome (APS).Keywords
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