Anticardiolipin Antibody | Antiphospholipid Antibody |Antiphospholipid Syndrome |

Anti cardiolipin antibodies are autoantibodies produced by the immune system that mistakenly target the body's own cardiolipins...

Cardiolipins are the substances found in the cell membranes and platelets...

Cardiolipins, and other related phospholipids, are lipid molecules that play an important role in the blood clotting process...

So, These autoantibodies can affect the body's ability to regulate blood clotting.

Hence, the antibodies may be associated with an increased risk of, developing recurrent inappropriate blood clots in veins and arteries.

These autoantibodies are better defined as anti-phospholipid antibodies.

The detection of these antibodies has led to the definition of a new disease entity,.... the anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS).

Antiphospholipid syndrome is thought to be manifested by a wide range of symptoms...

Like ...inappropriate blood clot formation, recurrent miscarriages, cardiolipin antibodies, premature labor and pre-eclampsia