Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways

ABOUT THIS BOOK

· Key references to allow more detailed reading
· Clearly demarcated and cross-referenced
· Discusses symptoms, diagnosis and treatment

Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways is a handy and easy-to-read guide to the main features of Hughes syndrome. There has been worldwide interest in this 'new' syndrome (first described in 1983). A clotting tendency which can potentially affect any organ in the body, it is:

* responsible for 1 in 5 recurrent miscarriages (now successfully treated with aspirin and heparin)
* responsible for 1 in 5 young (under 45) strokes
* a major cause of early heart attacks
* responsible for 1 in 5 deep vein thromboses
* an important cause of migraine.

Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways is a valuable resource for professionals with an interest in the subject, as well as general practitioners and patients.

Content Level » Professional/practitioner
Keywords » Anticardiolipin antibody - Antiphospholipid antibodies - Antiphospholipid syndrome -Deep venous thrombosis - Headache - Lupus anticoagulant - Miscarriage - Myocardial infarction -Stroke - Thrombosis
Related subjects » Rheumatology

AUTHORS & EDITORS

Graham Hughes, MD, FRCP The London Lupus Centre London Bridge Hospital, London UK
Munther Khamashta, MD, FRCP, PhD Graham Hughes Lupus Research Laboratory King's College London, UK