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MULTICENTRE STUDIES

APLS BABIES REGISTER


REGISTER OF INFANTS BORN OF MOTHERS UIT ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME ("APLS BABIES REGISTER”)

COORDINATORS

Marie-Claire Boffa, Jean Charles Piette, Du Le Thi Huong, Angela Tincani, David Faden, Mario Motta, Marie-Hélène Aurousseau, Michèle Uzan, Lionel Carbillon, Eric Lachassinne, Olivier Fain and Philippe Le Toumelin.

AIM

The study is a prospective, consecutive, European, multicentre study to follow a cohort of infants born from mothers with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) from birth to the age of 5 years. The register will include all the consecutive infants born in a maternity from mothers with APS. Data will be collected during 5 years, the expectation is around 300 cases with a good European participation.

OBJECTIVES

1. To investigate the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies in the new-born, and study their relationships with the mother´s clinical, biological and therapeutical status.

2. To evaluate the antibody disappearance and the antibody consequences on the child evolution from birth to 5 years old.

For additional information and applications, please e-mail: philippe.letoumelin@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr


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Last updated: 23 January 2004