Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways 2013th Edition
Author(s): Graham Hughes (Author), Munther A Khamashta (Author)
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 14 July 2013
Edition: 2013th
Language: English
Print length: 104 pages
ISBN-10: 1447151607
ISBN-13: 9781447151609
Book Description
Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways 2013th Edition 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 2013th Edition is a valuable resource for professionals with an interest in the subject, as well as general practitioners and patients.
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Hughes Syndrome: Highways and Byways 2013th Edition 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 2013th Edition is a valuable resource for professionals with an interest in the subject, as well as general practitioners and patients.
About the Author
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