Abstract

Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a rare autoimmune disease characterized by recurrent arterial and venous thromboembolic events. Renal complications occur in 3 % of patients. Renal artery stenosis is the most common, and APS-related nephropathy is the predominant microvascular complication. APS nephropathy has heterogeneous manifestations ranging from hematuria and non-nephrotic range proteinuria to hypertension and multi-organ failure caused by catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. Anticoagulation and thromboprophylaxis are key to management. Immunosuppression has been used with some success but lacks randomized controlled trial validation for their use.

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