PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R Caporali
AU  - A Ravelli
AU  - B Ramenghi
AU  - C Montecucco
AU  - A Martini
TI  - Antiphospholipid antibody associated thrombosis in juvenile chronic arthritis.
AID  - 10.1136/adc.67.11.1384
DP  - 1992 Nov 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 1384--1385
VI  - 67
IP  - 11
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/11/1384.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/11/1384.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1992 Nov 01; 67
AB  - A child with systemic onset juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) who developed a bilateral femuropopliteal vein thrombosis after plaster immobilisation following a tibial fracture is described. When the thrombosis was diagnosed, antiphospholipid antibodies detected either as lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antibodies were found. This suggests that short term prophylatic antithrombotic treatment should be considered in antiphospholipid antibody positive JCA patients who require immobilisation after fractures of demineralised bones.