Antiphospholipid antibodies and COVID-19 mortality and thrombotic events; A systematic review and meta-analysis

Reza Jafarzadeh Esfehani; Mohammad ali khalilifar; Hadi Esmaeili Gouvarchinghaleh; Gholam Hossein Alishiri; Alireza Shahriary

Volume 9, Issue 4 , December 2022, , Pages 186-195

https://doi.org/10.22038/rcm.2022.67632.1413

Abstract
  Introduction:Among various proposed pathologic mechanisms during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, overproduction of autoantibodies is not widely studied. Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) are target proteins that have affinity toward charged phospholipids. APLs are thought to have pro-thrombotic ...  Read More