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Edited by M.A. Khamashta. 74 pp., illustrated. New York, Springer-Verlag, 2000. $99. ISBN 1-85233-232-8.

The antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome is being diagnosed with increasing frequency in patients with thromboembolic disorders, pregnancy loss, or thrombocytopenia. Because it has only recently been well described, the diagnostic criteria for this syndrome and its optimal management are ill defined. Hughes Syndrome: Antiphospholipid Syndrome is a comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge about this disorder. The title of the book may pose a problem, however, because many hematologists will not recognize "Hughes syndrome" as the antiphospholipid-antibody syndrome.

This multiauthored book contains chapters by experts in the field. The book is broadly divided into sections dealing with basic and clinical . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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