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SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 1, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 2, 2002
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 3, 2002
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
POSTER SESSION: PATHOGENIC MECHANISMS    
1 aPL IN PATIENTS WITH INTOLERANCE TO METALS IN THE ORAL CAVITY
H. Kucerova, J. Prochazkova, I. Janatkova, J. Bartova, T. Fucikova, Czech Republic
2 AUTOIMMUNE aPL IMPAIR THE INHIBITION OF ACTIVATED FACTOR X BY PROTEIN Z / PROTEIN Z DEPENDENT PROTEASE INHIBITOR
R.R. Forastiero, M.E. Martinuzzo, L.C. Kordich, G.J. Broze, Argentina, USA
3 DEVELOPMENT OF aPL AND FACTOR V-INHIBITOR AFTER CIPROFLOXACIN IN TWO CASES
W. Miesbach, J. Vogt, D. Peez, B. Buehler, G. Asmelash, I. Scharrer, Germany
4 ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES IN SERUM SAMPLES OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS C INFECTION
Z. Mondher, Z. Yusr, L. Lilia, A. Ilhem, S. Maryam, M. Sondes, Tunisia
5 CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMUNOGLOBULIN-BOUND 'NATIVE' B2GPI FROM PLASMA (ISOLATED UNDER MILD CONDITIONS)
B.L. Myones, S. Majumdar, L.I. Fedorova, J.D. Morrisett, A.Y. Volgin, USA
6 aPL AFFECTS PROTEIN C ACTIVATION IN VIVO
S.S. Pierangeli, X. Liu, R.G. Espinola, E.N. Harris, USA
7 PATTERNS OF THE PLATELET FUNCTION STATUS IN THE PATIENTS WITH APS
V.G. Karepov, Y. Levy, Y. Shoenfeld, Israel
POSTER SESSION: ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND APS
8 THE MEASUREMENT OF ANTI-CHOLESTEROL ANTIBODY SERUM LEVELS IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS-C PATIENTS DURING IFN-ALPHA-2B TREATMENT
A. Biro, A. Horvath, L. Varga, E. Nemesanszky, A. Csepregi, K. David, G. Tolvaj,
E. Ibranyi, L. Telegdy, A. Par, L. Romics, I. Karadi, A. Koles, T. Balint, M. Horanyi,
Z. Prohaszka, G. Fust, Hungary
9 THE ROLE OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY IN HEART DISEASES
A. Rafinejad, M. Hajiloui, S. Rafiei, Iran
10 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SERUM OXIDIZED LDL IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE
J. Kasahara, K. Kobayashi, Y. Yamasaki, T. Yasuda, T. Koike, H. Makino, E. Matsuura, Japan
11 CORRELATION BETWEEN B2GPI AND CRP LEVELS IN INFLAMMATION
F. Lin, C. Feighery, J. Jackson, Ireland
12 INCREASED LEVELS OF OXIDIZED-LDL IN SLE: DETECTION BY ELISA USING AN ANTI-B2GP1 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY
D. Lopez, K. Dier, C. Fink, K. Kobayashi, E. Matsuura, L. Lopez, USA, Japan
13 ANTIBODIES AGAINST B2GPI AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS
A. Durazinska, M. Szmyrka, B. Jazwiec, J. Szechinski, Poland
14 HOMOCYSTEINE LEVELS AND aPL: IS THERE AN ASSOCIATION?
P.L. Casais, M.F. Alberto, M.J. Salviu, L.C. Gennari, S.S. Meschengieser,
A.N. Blanco, M.A. Lazzari, Argentina
15 FLUVASTATIN INHIBITS INFLAMMATORY AND THROMBOGENIC PROPERTIES OF aPL IN AN IN VIVO MODEL
D.E. Ferrara, X. Liu, R.G. Espinola, K. Labat, P.L. Meroni, E.N. Harris, S.S. Pierangeli, USA, Italy
16 aCL TITER AND PLASMA HOMOCYSTEINE LEVEL ARE INDEPENDENT PREDICTORS OF CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS IN PRIMARY APS
P.R.J. Ames, A. Margarita, J. Delgado Alvez, C. Tommasino, L. Iannaccone,
V. Brancaccio, UK, Italy
17 HOMOCYSTEINE (HCY) AND THROMBOTIC RISK IN PATIENTS WITH aPLS
M.M. Martinuzzo, R.R. Forastiero, G.S. Cerrato, M.L. Iglesias Varela, Y.P. Adamczuk,
L.O. Carreras, Argentina
18 DO ANTI-B2GPI AND ANTI-oxPAPC ANTIBODIES HAVE ANY ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN SLE?
A. Doria, A. Ghirardello, R. We, M. Puato, D. Bragagnolo, B. Gilburd, E. Favaretto,
S. Zampieri, Y. Sherer, P. Pauletto, P.F. Gambari, Y. Shoenfeld, USA, Israel
19 ANTI-HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN AND ANTI-B2GPI ANTIBODIES INVERSELY CORRELATE WITH PARAOXONASE ACTIVITY AND TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY IN PATIENTS WITH SLE AND APS
J. Delgado Alves, P.R.J. Ames, S. Donohue, J. Noorouz-Zadeh, C.T. Ravirajan,
D.A. Isenberg, UK
20 A POSSIBLE PREDICTIVE ROLE FOR VASCULAR EVENTS OF APLA AND PLATELET ACTIVATING FACTOR-ACETYL HYDROLAZE(PAF-AH) IN PATIENTS WITH CORONARY DISEASE
C.M. Tanaseanu, E. Moldovean, T. Kosaka, S. Tanaseanu, M. Popescu, Romania, Japan
 
POSTER SESSION: ENDOTHELIAL CELLS AND ANTI-ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODIES
21 CERIVASTATIN NEITHER INHIBITS THROMBIN GENERATION NOR DECREASES MARKERS OF INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH APS
J. Musial, J. Swadzba, D. Rys, W. Sydor, T. Iwaniec, Poland
22 EFFECT OF STATINS ON ENDOTHELIAL ACTIVATION BY TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR
S. Dunoyer-Geindre, Y. Dimitrova, E. K. Kruithof, G. Reber, P. de Moerloose, Switzerland
23 IS ANTI ENDOTHELIAL CELL ANTIBODY A SIGN OF APS IN IDDM ANGIOPATHY?
S. Rafiei, A. Rafinejad, N. Mosafa, Iran
24 CIRCULATING ENDOTHELIAL CELLS ARE A NOVEL MARKER OF ENDOTHELIAL DAMAGE IN ANCA-ASSOCIATED SMALL-VESSEL VASCULITIS
A. Woywodt, F. Streiber, M. Schroeder, K. de Groot, H. Haller, M. Haubitz, Germany
25 PROBING ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID – MEDIATED THROMBOSIS: THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES AND ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
S.S. Pierangeli, A.E. Gharavi, E.N. Harris, USA
26 aPLS ACTIVATE NUCLEAR FACTOR KAPPA B ON ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
S.S. Pierangeli, J.L. Hall, R.G. Espinola, D.E. Ferrara, K. Roye-Green, E.N. Harris, USA, Jamaica
27 ENDOTHELIAL CELL DYSFUNCTION IN ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME (APS)
M.O. Borghi, E. Raschi, C. Testoni, C. Luzzana, M. Cugno, D. Mari, A. Tincani,
P.L. Meroni, Italy
 
POSTER SESSION: AUTO ANTIBODIES IN APS
28 PREVALENCE OF ANTICARDIOLIPIN AND A-B2GPI ANTIBODIES IN GREEK PATIENTS WITH SLE
A. Pavlitou, V. Galanopoulou, A. Giannakou, R. Zilidou, A. Fleva, G. Papaioannou,
M. Speletas, I. Griveas, D. Papadopoulou, G. Sakellariou, Greece
29  ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES ARE NATURAL AUTOANTIBODIES PLUS HISTONES
D.N. Abakushin, A.M. Poverenny, Russia
30 LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT QUANTIFICATION IN HEPARINIZED PATIENTS USING ADDITION OF POLYBRENE
E.M. Jacobsen, E.J. Trettenes, F.G. Strekerud, F. Wisloff, U. Abildgaard, Norway
31 THE INFLUENCE OF CALCIUM IONS ON THE DETECTION OF ANTI-ANNEXIN V ANTIBODIES
N. Gaspersic, T. Kveder, B. Rozman, B. Bozic, Slovenia
32 LINK BETWEEN ANTI-CD36 ANTIBODIES AND THROMBOSIS IN THE APS
Y. Pelegri, G. Cerrato, R. Forastiero, M. Martinuzzo, L.O. Carreras, Argentina
33 ANTIPHOSPHATIDYLATHANOLAMINE ANTIBODIES IN SLE PATIENTS AND PRIMARY APS PATIENTS
T.M. Reshetnyak, B. Wojciechowska, Y. Zabek, E.S. Mach, Z.S. Alekberova,
V.A. Nassonova, Russia, Poland
34 THE VALUE OF ANTI-B2-GP1 IN SLE PATIENTS
S. Sokolovic, M. Seremet, Bosnia Herzegovina
35 ASSOCIATION OF AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST THE PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE-PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX WITH APS
D. Pascual-Salcedo, E.M. Delgado, F. Arribas, M.V. Cuesta, R. Madero,
M.F.G. Iglesias, A. Gil Aguado, Spain
36 AUTOANTIBODIES AGAINST PHOSPHOLIPID PROFILE IN PATIENTS WITH SLE
C. Andrys, M. Drahosova, Czech Republic
37 CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTI-PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE/PROTHROMBIN (PS/PT) COMPLEX ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH SLE
J. Kaburaki, M. Kuwana, Y. Ikeda, Japan
 
POSTER SESSION: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND ASSOCIATION
38 APS AND ITS CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
Z. Macejova, J. Szilasiova, D. Trejbal, Slovak Republic
39 APS IN PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES
A.E. Dorofeyev, Ukraine
40 aPL AND HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA TYPE II (HIT) IN CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
C. Colorio, R. Forastiero, M. Martinuzzo, A. Macchia, G. Pombo, D. Puente, A. Rossi,
L. Carreras, Argentina
41 MAGIC SYNDROME AND aPLS
C.C. Belizna, B. Faller, P. Brignon, France
42 ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES AND STILL DISEASE
C.C. Belizna, M.A. Pistorius, B. Planchon, France
43 SOLUBLE ADHESION MOLECULES IN SLE PATIENTS WITH/WITHOUT aPLS
D.V. Reshetnyak, E.N. Alexandrova, A.A. Novikov, T.M. Reshetnyak, N.G. Kljukvina, M.U. Samsonov, E.L. Nassonov, Russia
44 DIFFUSE PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE IN APS: IMPORTANCE OF ANTICOAGULATION
M. Silverberg, D. Erkan, M.D. Lockshin, USA
45 HAEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME IN A PATIENT WITH APS AND AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
E. Nomikou, G. Theodossiades, P. Raphailidis, K. Maragos, M. Bellia, S. Katsudas,
E. Digenopoulou, I. Kontopoulou-Griva, S. Dourakis, Greece
46 APS IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF CHRONIC DAMAGE IN PATIENTS WITH SLE
J. Ugalde, V. Egurbide, G. Ruiz-Irastorza, C. Aguirre, Spain
47 ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID THROMBOSIS SYNDROME (APS)
M. Hulikova, Slovak Republic
48 APS - THE EFFECT OF THE PENDULUM
M.P. Baleva, K.V. Nikolov, Bulgaria
49 THE ALTERATION OF PLATELET FUNCTION IN APS
O.M. Serbic, I.V. Elezovic, V.B. Lazarevic, N.D. Suvajdzic, Yugoslavia
50 BLEEDING SYMPTOMS IN PATIENTS WITH APS
W. Miesbach, B. Buehler, G. Asmelash, I. Scharrer, Germany
51 aPLS ASSOCIATED WITH HEMORRHAGIA RATHER THAN THROMBOSIS: A CASE REPORT
Z. Mondher, C.R. Rim, S. Maryam, M. Sondes, Tunisia
52 THROMBOTIC EVENTS IN PATIENTS WITH APS, SLE AND RELATED DISEASES
L. Diez Porres, A. Gil Aguado, P. Lavilla, D. Pascual, M.V. Cuesta, J.I. Bernardino,
M. Mora, T. Cobo, F. Gaya, Spain
53 aPL TITERS IN PATIENTS WITH SUCCESSFUL RENAL TRANSPLANTS
S. Vaidya, J. Daller, K. Gugliuzza, USA
54 ANTICARDIOLIPIN AND A-B2GPI ANTIBODIES IN MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES
S. Ramos, G. Bierfass, G. Carballo, F. Ingenito, N. Coraggio, A.M. Di Lonardo, Argentina
55 SLE AND ACQUIRED INHIBITOR OF THE FACTOR VIII
D.S. Fernanez Romero, U.J. Scher, M.V. Paolini, M.E. Prada, G. Bierfass,
A.M. Di Lonardo, Argentina
56 SEX RATIO OF RHEUMATIC DISEASE
M.D. Lockshin, USA
57 OCCURRENCE OF ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODIES IN PATIENTS WITH INCREASED LEVELS OF SERUM IgM AND NON-SPECIFIC CLINICAL SYMPTOMS. PRELIMINARY REPORT
D. Jilek, V. Kral, I. Stiborova, J. Richter, Czech Republic
POSTER SESSION: DIAGNOSTICS
58 POLYARTERITIS WITH ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES
M.L. Ciompi, A. Delle Sedie, Italy
59 DOES SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN CAUSE FALSE POSITIVE TESTS FOR LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT?
S. Liestoel, F. Wisloff, Norway
60 CAN TRANSIENT aCL-IGM BE THE ONLY MARKER OF A PREVIOUS THROMBOTIC EVENT?
W. Miesbach, B. Buehler, G. Asmelash, I. Scharrer, Germany
   
POSTER SESSION: SCREENING
61 DIVERSITY OF SO-CALLED aPLS IN PATIENTS WITH SLE AND RELATED DISORDERS
J. Kaburaki, T. Sugi, S. Goto, J. Okada, M. Nakamura, T. Makino, Japan
62 SERUM LEVELS OF aCL AND DISEASE ACTIVITY IN SLE
I.M.Manolova , M.M. Dancheva, M.I. Ivanova, K.S. Halacheva, Bulgaria
63 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SUSTAINED ELEVATED
A-B2GPI ANTIBODIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH APS

K. Hampton, S. Kitchen, L. Williams, C. Brookfield, UK
64 CLINICAL CORRELATIONS BETWEEN A-B2GPI AND aCL IN 78 PATIENTS
A. Bondanza, M. Iannacone, G. Ciboddo, S. Panza, E. Baldissera, L. Praderio, R. Ieri, M.G. Sabbadini, Italy
65 THE PERSISTENCE OF aCLs OVER TIME IS ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF THE PRESENCE OF LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT OR A-B2GPI ANTIBODIES
P.R. Fortin, J. Kassis, C. Neville, E. Chang, L. Joseph, J. Rauch, Canada
66 aPLS AT THE TIME OF DIAGNOSIS OF SLE ARE A PERSISTENT MARKER OF DISEASE SEVERITY
J. Ugalde, V. Egurbide, G. Ruiz-Irastorza, C. Aguirre, Spain
67 IgG aCLs TITER IS STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH NEW THROMBOEMBOLIC EPISODES IN PRIMARY APS: A FIVE-YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY
F. Atzeni, P. Sarzi-Puttini, E. Rossi, M. Turiel, S. Muzzupappa, Italy
POSTER SESSION: CRITERIA
68 VALIDATION OF SAPPORO CRITERIA IN APS PATIENTS WITH aCL/LAC POSITIVITY VS. OTHER SEROLOGIC SUBSETS
G.A. McCarty, T.E. Cason, USA

SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER 1, 2002
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 2, 2002
THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 3, 2002
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