Pediatric antiphospholipid syndrome

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a group of clinical signs caused by antiphospholipid antibodies (APL antibodies), mainly manifested in thrombosis and thrombocytopenia. Although the disease is more common in adults, it also occurs in children. Children show repeated arterial or venous thrombosis.

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