Two Female Nonsmoker Buerger's Disease Cases With Anticardiolipin Autoantibodies and a Poor Prognosis
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by International Heart Journal (Japanese Heart Journal) in International Heart Journal
- Vol. 46 (3) , 563-569
- https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.46.563
Abstract
We present two female nonsmoker Buerger's disease cases with anticardiolipin autoantibodies and a poor prognosis. One was a 64-year-old female who has had multiple lower and upper extremity amputations, while the other was a 32-year-old female with extremity and visceral artery involvement. Since both were positive for anticardiolipin antibodies, we speculate that Buerger's disease is an autoimmune disorder.Keywords
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