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Hughes Syndrome

A Patient’s Guide

  • Textbook
  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Graham Hughes

    1. St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

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  • Written by team which discovered the disease

  • Provides first available, in-depth description of the syndrome for patients

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Sticky Blood: the Disease Is Common

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 1-4

  3. Main Clinical Features

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    Pages 5-8

  4. Clotting in Veins

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    Pages 9-14

  5. Stroke

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 15-17

  6. Memory Loss and “Alzheimers”

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 18-20

  7. Headaches, Migraine and Fits

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 21-23

  8. The Spinal Cord and “Multiple Sclerosis”

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    Pages 24-26

  9. The Heart and Arteries

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    Pages 27-29

  10. Internal Organs

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 30-35

  11. The “Catastrophic” Antiphospholipid Syndrome

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 36-37

  12. Pregnancy and Fetal Loss

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 38-40

  13. Hughes’ Syndrome and Lupus

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 41-43

  14. Treatment

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 44-49

  15. The Outlook

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 50-51

  16. What Blood Tests Do We Use?

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    Pages 52-54

  17. Research

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 55-59

  18. Background

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 60-62

  19. Futher Reading and Websites

    • Graham Hughes
    Pages 63-63
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About this book

As with any delicate machine, the human body can be profoundly affected by its supply of vital running materials. Thus, the tendency for the blood to clot excessively has the potential to cut off the oxygen supply to any organ of the body. In 1983, Dr Graham Hughes and his team in London described a syndrome and subsequently developed simple blood tests to diagnose the condition. This syndrome is characterised by thrombosis (both in limbs and internal organs), headaches, memory loss, strokes and, in pregnant women, placental clotting and recurrent miscarriage. The syndrome, now known worldwide as Hughes Syndrome, or the anti-phospholipid syndrome, is common - being responsible for example, for up to 1 in 5 cases of young stroke. More important, it is treatable. This book provides the first in-depth description of the syndrome for patients.

Authors and Affiliations

  • St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK

    Graham Hughes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Hughes Syndrome

  • Book Subtitle: A Patient’s Guide

  • Authors: Graham Hughes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0323-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-0323-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 64

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Rheumatology, Cardiology, Obstetrics/Perinatology/Midwifery, Hematology, Neurology

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