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Antiphospholipid syndrome or antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS or APLS or) often also Hughes syndrome is an autoimmune hypercoagulable state caused by antiphospholipid antibodies. APS provokes blood clots (thrombosis) in both arteries and veins as well as pregnancy-related complications such as miscarriage stillbirth preterm delivery or severe preeclampsia. The diagnostic criteria requires one clinical event i.e.
