A patient has an objectively confirmed unprovoked DVT and one positive lupus-anticoagulant test. What is needed before antiphospholipid syndrome is es...

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A patient has an objectively confirmed unprovoked DVT and one positive lupus-anticoagulant test. What is needed before antiphospholipid syndrome is established?

Accepted Answer

Repeat antibody testing twelve weeks or more after the first positive result

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Repeat antibody testing six weeks or more after the first positive result

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Repeat antibody testing eight weeks or more after the first positive result

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Repeat antibody testing four weeks or more after the first positive result

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Repeat antibody testing ten weeks or more after the first positive result

Antiphospholipid Syndrome — MRCP Part 1 MCQ

A patient has an objectively confirmed unprovoked DVT and one positive lupus-anticoagulant test. What is needed before antiphospholipid syndrome is established?