RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Antiphospholipid antibodies and infections JF Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO Ann Rheum Dis FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism SP 388 OP 393 DO 10.1136/ard.62.5.388 VO 62 IS 5 A1 R A Asherson A1 R Cervera YR 2003 UL http://ard.bmj.com/content/62/5/388.abstract 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.