Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Doruk Erkan, MD, MPH, Associate Attending Physician, Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA, Michael D. Lockshin, MD, Attending Physician, Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics-Gynecology, Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA

• SECTION 1 – HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME.- History of Antiphospholipid Antibody.- SECTION 2 – BASIC SCIENCE ASPECTS OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME.- Natural Proteins Involved in Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- Origin of Antiphospholipid Antibodies.- Recent Advances in Understanding of the Genetics of Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- Mechanisms of Antiphospholipid Antibody-mediated Thrombosis.- Mechanisms of Antiphospholipid Antibody-mediated Pregnancy Morbidity.- Definition and Epidemiology of Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- SECTION 3 – CLINICAL & DIAGNOSTIC ASPECTS OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME.-  Clinical and Prognostic Significance of Non-criteria Antiphospholipid Antibody Tests.- Disease and Risk Measurement Criteria in Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- Neuropsychiatric Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- SECTION 4 – THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME.- Prevention and Treatment of Thrombotic Antiphospholipid Syndrome.- Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome.-  Treatment of Non-criteria Manifestations in Antiphospholipid Syndrome.-  Antiphospholipid Syndrome Alliance for Clinical Trials and InternatiOnal Networking (APS ACTION).- SECTION 5 – 15th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES TASK FORCE REPORTS.- 15th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies - Task Force on Antiphospholipid Syndrome Classification Criteria Report.- 15th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies - Task Force on Pediatric Antiphospholipid Syndrome Report.-  15th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies - Task Force on Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome Report.