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Antiphospholipid Syndrome and the Kidney.

Maxime Taghavi1, Lucas Jacobs1, Dario Roccatello2

  • 1Nephrology and Dialysis Department, Brugmann University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

Kidney International Reports
|November 24, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) affects the kidneys, impacting prognosis. This review covers renal manifestations in APS patients and carriers, including nephropathy and transplant complications, based on new 2023 criteria.

Keywords:
antiphospholipid antibody nephropathyantiphospholipid syndromeposttransplant thrombotic microangiopathythrombotic microangiopathy

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