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Does anticardiolipin igm (115ug/l) x 3 have any significance when it is rasied on its own? la positive but beta glycoprotein & other antibodies neg

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Dr. Howard Shapiro answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Nephrology & Dialysis

Higher future risk: The cause of an elevated aCL without other diseases is unknown. That said, 50% of people with + lupus anticoagulant have or will have SLE. Presumably, manifestations require the aCL plus another problem - infection, one of a number of drugs, pregnancy, BC pills, etc. The significance is the higher than normal risk in the face of future immunological injury

Answered 6/29/2017

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