Úlceras de pernas e anticorpos anticardiolipinas / Leg ulcers and anticardiolipin antibodies
An. bras. dermatol
;
86(3): 596-597, maio-jun. 2011.
Article
in Portuguese
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RESUMO
Fenômenos pró-trombóticos são descritos em úlceras de perna de diferentes etiologias. Neste trabalho, procurou-se verificar a prevalência de anticorpos anticardiolipina nestes pacientes. Para isso, estudaram-se 151 pacientes com úlcera de pernas e 150 controles, sendo obtidos dados clínicos e títulos de anticorpos anticardiolipina. Os anticorpos anticardiolipina foram detectados em 7,2 por cento do grupo úlcera e 1,3 por cento do grupo controle (p=0.01), todavia, as características clínicas não foram diferentes nos pacientes com e sem anticorpos anticardiolipina.
ABSTRACT
Prothrombotic phenomena are described in leg ulcers of different etiologies. This work attempts to verify the prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies in such patients. For this purpose, 151 patients with leg ulcers and 150 control patients were studied and it was obtained clinical data and anticardiolipin antibodies titers. Anticardiolipin antibodies were detected in 7,2 percent of the patients from the ulcer group against 1.3 percent of the patients in the control group (p=0.01). However, clinical characteristics were not different in patients with and without anticardiopilin antibodies.
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Main subject:
Immunoglobulin G
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Immunoglobulin M
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Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
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Leg Ulcer
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
An. bras. dermatol
Journal subject:
Dermatology
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Faculdade Evangélica do Paraná/BR
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