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SUBMITTER: Gansner JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6245968 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gansner John M JM Berliner Nancy N
Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program 20181101 1
Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (CAPS) and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) are both life-threatening hematologic disorders that infrequently afflict patients with rheumatologic disease. CAPS is characterized by fulminant multiorgan damage related to small vessel thrombosis in the setting of persistent antiphospholipid antibodies. It can occur in patients with rheumatologic diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus but can also affect patients who do not have rheumatologi ...[more]