ten of 12 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus ( sle ) who had hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenic purpura ( evans ' syndrome ) during their course had evidence of antiphospholipid antibodies either because they had a false positive vdrl test ( 8 patients ) , a prolonged partial thromboplastin time ( 5 patients ) , a lupus anticoagulant ( 3/4 patients ) , and/or anticardiolipin antibodies as determined by an elisa method ( 7 patients ) .
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antiphospholipid antibodies
C0162596
anticardiolipin antibodies