PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R A Asherson
AU  - R Cervera
TI  - Antiphospholipid antibodies and infections
AID  - 10.1136/ard.62.5.388
DP  - 2003 May 01
TA  - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
PG  - 388--393
VI  - 62
IP  - 5
4099  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/62/5/388.short
4100  - http://ard.bmj.com/content/62/5/388.full
SO  - Ann Rheum Dis2003 May 01; 62
AB  - Many infections have been found to be associated with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), although a pathogenic role for these antibodies has not usually been obvious except in a few isolated cases. Two types of aPL have been referred to as “autoimmune” and “infectious” types. This distinction, however, has subsequently been found not to be absolute.