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Rheumatology
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Antiphospholipid Syndrome
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Systemic lupus erythematosus
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Benign Hematology
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Anticoagulation
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Hospital Medicine
How would you approach a patient with SLE and catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody system that has not responded to heparin, steroids, and PLEX?
How do you decide amongst other therapies such as eculizumab, rituximab, cyclophosphamide, IVIg?
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