Anticardiolipin antibodies in Behçet's syndrome: A predictor of a more severe disease
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- other
- Published by Springer Nature in Clinical Rheumatology
- Vol. 8 (2) , 289-291
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02030089
Abstract
A high incidence of anticardiolipin antibodies were detected in 7 of 20 patients (35%) with Behçet's Syndrome. Three patients had IgGab, three had IgMab and one had both IgG and IgM antibodies. IgGACA was detected mainly in patients with ocular disease (30%) and one of them also has cerebral vascular disease. A lower incidence of ACA was found in the patients taking steroids compared with the ones taking other drugs. This work draws attention to the more severe disease present in patients with ACA and also the possibility of such tests become negative in patients taking immunosupressive drugs.Keywords
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