Fig. 1.
Literature search strategy on the association between antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis.
Key words were as follows. *Antibodies: antiphospholipid, anticardiolipin, lupus coagulation inhibitor, antiphospholipid syndrome; ° thrombosis: thrombophlebitis, pulmonary embolism, thromboembolism, myocardial infarction, cerebral ischemia, cerebral ischemia transient; § study design: cohort (ie, prospective), cross-sectional, case-control, ambispective, retrospective. aβ2-GPI indicates anti–β2-glycoprotein I; aPT, antiprothrombin; LA, lupus anticoagulants; and aCL, anticardiolipin. Numbers 1 to 5 indicate the sequence followed in the literature strategy.
