Abstracts tagged "aPL and complement"

Abstract Number: 736 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Complement Activation As a Marker for Increased Thrombosis Risk in SLE Patients with Antiphospholipid Antibodies
H. Michael Belmont¹, Janet Nwaukoni² and Jill P. Buyon², ¹Hosp for Joint Disease, New York, NY, ²Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: We and others have suggested that complement activation can serve as an initiating signal that increases the thrombosis risk in SLE patients with antiphospholipid antibodies.…