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PHYSIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 104, Issue 1, Pages 35-41Publisher
AKADEMIAI KIADO RT
DOI: 10.1556/2060.104.2017.1.5
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thrombin generation; systemic lupus erythematosus; thrombosis; endogenous thrombin potential; anti-phospholipid antibodies
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- Janos Bolyai Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystemic inflammatory autoimmune disorder. Thrombotic events occur at a higher incidence among SLE patients. The investigation of thrombin generation (TG) with calibrated automated thrombogram (CAT) test as a global hemostasis assay is applicable for the overall functional assessment of the hemostasis. The aim of this study was to characterize the hemostatic alterations observed in SLE by CAT assay. In this study, CAT parameters and basic coagulation parameters of SLE patients (n = 22) and healthy control subjects (n = 34) were compared. CAT area under the curve (i.e., endogenous thrombin potential) was lower than normal in SLE (807 vs. 1,159 nM* min, respectively), whereas other CAT parameters (peak, lag time, time to peak, and velocity index) and the basic coagulation tests were within the normal range. The presence of anti-phospholipid antibodies and the applied therapy was not associated with hemostasis parameters in SLE. We concluded that the reported high risk of thrombosis is not related to TG potential.
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