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Therapeutic Perspectives in Sneddon’s Syndrome

Open Access
|Nov 2021

Abstract

Sneddon’s syndrome is a rare but severe progressive chronic disease, characterized by multiple discoloration skin patches called Livedo racemosa and recurrent cerebrovascular events. It mainly affects women aged around 40. Considering the two main forms, antiphospholipid (APS) positive and negative, the available treatments are directed at either one of them. The idiopathic form (APS negative) is associated with a more severe prognosis as chronic oral anticoagulant therapy (COA) is more difficult to manage. One therapeutic perspective in controlling disease progression in these patients is by understanding the protein Z deficiency in these patients as a deciding factor in the success of the COA therapy.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/inmed-2021-0184 | Journal eISSN: 1220-5818 | Journal ISSN: 1220-5818
Language: English
Page range: 73 - 80
Published on: Nov 15, 2021
Published by: Romanian Society of Internal Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Oana-Petronela Oancea, Alexandru-Dan Costache, Daniela Olaru, Răzvan Platon, Florin Mitu, published by Romanian Society of Internal Medicine
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