Main topics 


Basics  

  Etiology & pathogenic mechanisms of thrombosis  
  Etiology & pathogenic mechanisms of fetal loss  
  Inflammatory mediators  
  Animal models

Genetics

  Polymorphism  
  Family studies  
  Gene definition

Laboratory Diagnosis

  Diagnostic assay standardization  
  Updating on additional diagnostic assays

Clinical Manifestations  

  Obstetrical  
  Fetal losses
  Pregnancy complications
  Infertility  
  Non Obstetrical  
  Vascular  
  Nervous system involvement  
  Heart involvement  
  Pulmonary manifestations  
  Skin involvement  
  Haematological manifestations  
  Ocular manifestations  
  ENT manifestations
  Endocrine system involvement  
  Gastrointestinal involvement

Therapeutical approach  

  Anti-coagulant therapy: old versus new drugs  
  Anti-platelet drugs  
  The role of immunosuppressive drugs
  Future trends
 

Patients session

  Special sessions for patients will take place with up-dating lectures by experts and with round tables open to discuss the main practical problems of the daily management of the disease.

       Pagine in Italiano

 

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12th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Florence, April 18-20 2007