RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Antiphospholipid antibody associated thrombosis in juvenile chronic arthritis.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1384
OP 1385
DO 10.1136/adc.67.11.1384
VO 67
IS 11
A1 R Caporali
A1 A Ravelli
A1 B Ramenghi
A1 C Montecucco
A1 A Martini
YR 1992
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/67/11/1384.abstract
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.