Antiphospholipid Syndrome

I. History of Antiphospholipid Syndrome

1. Overview of the Last 25 Years and 13 International Congresses on Antiphospholipid Antibodies
Eon Nigel Harris, Silvia S. Pierangeli

II. Basic Science Aspects of Antiphospholipid Syndrome

2. What is the Origin of Antiphospholipid Antibodies?
Rohan Willis, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Silvia S. Pierangeli, Miri Blank

3. What is the Genetics of Antiphospholipid Antibodies/Syndrome?
Thomas L. Ortel, Pier Luigi Meroni, Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme, Maria O. Borghi, Joan T. Merrill

4. What is the Mechanism(s) of Antiphospholipid Antibody-Mediated Thrombosis?
Rohan Willis, Ian P. Giles, Pojen P. Chen, Chary López-Pedrera, María José Cuadrado, Silvia S. Pierangeli

5. What is the Mechanism(s) of Antiphospholipid Antibody-Mediated Pregnancy Morbidity?
Vikki M. Abrahams, Maria O. Borghi, Pier Luigi Meroni, Jacob H. Rand, Elena Raschi, Jane E. Salmon, Francesco Tedesco, Angela Tincani

6. What are the Target Cells and Receptors that are Recognized by Antiphospholipid Antibodies?
Philip G. Groot, Elena Raschi, Keith R. McCrae, Silvia S. Pierangeli, Panayiotis G. Vlachoyiannopoulos, Rolf T. Urbanus

III. 13th International Congress on Antiphospholipid Antibodies Task Force Reports

7. Task Force Report on “Criteria” Antiphospholipid Antibody Tests
Robert A. S. Roubey, Silvia S. Pierangeli

8. Task Force Report on “Non-criteria” Antiphospholipid Antibody Tests
Maria Laura Bertolaccini, Olga Amengual, Tatsuya Atsumi, Walter L. Binder, William H. Kutteh, Bas Laat, Ricardo Forastiero, Marc Lambert, Hidehiko Matsubayashi, Vijaya L. Murthy, Michelle Petri, Jacob H. Rand, Marielle Sanmarco, Anne E. Tebo, Silvia S. Pierangeli

9. Task Force Report on Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome
D. Ware Branch, Benjamin Leader, Carl A. Laskin

10. Task Force Report on Brain Involvement in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Joab Chapman, Eyal Muscal, Robin L. Brey

11. Task Force Report on the Management of Thrombosis in Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Vittorio Pengo, Maria G. Tektonidou, Ioana Ruiz-Arruza, María José Cuadrado, Munther A. Khamashta

12. Task Force Report on Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Gerard Espinosa, Horacio Berman, Doruk Erkan, Ricard Cervera

13. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Thrombocytopenia
Gabriela Hernández-Molina, Xavier López-Karpovitch, Emilio B. González, Antonio R. Cabral

14. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Nephropathy
Maria G. Tektonidou, Horacio E. Adrogué, Smita Vaidya

15. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Cardiac Valve Disease
Gerard Espinosa, Lucía Fernández Orueta, Elena Lluch, María Ángeles Polvorosa, Sandra Soro, Ricard Cervera

16. Task Force Report on Non-criteria Manifestations: Skin
Michal Solomon, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Gisele Zandman-Goddard

17. Task Force Report on Antiphospholipid Syndrome Clinical Research
Doruk Erkan, Silvia S. Pierangeli, Michael D. Lockshin

IV. Future of Antiphospholipid Syndrome

18. What are the Potential Future Treatments in Antiphospholipid Syndrome?
Doruk Erkan, Anisur Rahman, Hannah Cohen, Samuel J. Machin, Silvia S. Pierangeli

19. Remembrances of Predictions Past
Michael D. Lockshin

V. Antiphospholipid Syndrome for Patients

20. What Should Patients Know about Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Antiphospholipid Syndrome?
Doruk Erkan, Lindsay Lally, Michael D. Lockshin

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, Allergology