Table 1

Expression of important laboratory findings

Variable
Day 1
Day 5
Day 10
Day 15
Day 25
Day 50
12 month
Normal range

IgG anti-cardiolipin antibody (GPL-U/ml)

44.7

21
60.2
30.7
37.7
<12
Lupus anticoagulant

positive

positive
positive
positive
positive
absent
Anti-β-2-Glycoprotein 1 (U/ml)



2
6
3
negative
<5
Anti-Phosphatidylserin (U/ml)



72.8
10.8
31.1

<15
Anti-Phosphatidylethanolamin (U/ml)



45.2
23.9
18.5

<15
Antinuclear antibodies


negative



negative
absent
ENA


negative




absent
Double strand-DNA


negative




absent
anti-adrenal-antibodies


negative




absent
Cortisol 0800 h

26
1.1
22

28

6–26
Renin activity


100




<3β
ACTH (pg/ml)


468




<50
Aldosteron (pg/l)


<10




12–125
DHEA-sulfate (g/dl)


<10




<280
Bleeding time (min)

10.55
5.30




<7
Partial thromboplastin time (s)
39
37
48
57
58
36
41
<35
Prothrombin time (%)
64
55
55
73
78
45
36
70–100
Sodium (mmol/l)
134
140
111
139
142
143
136
132–145
Potassium (mmol/l)
3.9
4.8
3.6
4.2
4.0
3.5
3.9
3.1–5.1
C-reactive Protein (mg/dl)
6.1
6.1
12.1
3.7
1.0
0.4
0.3
<0.5
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/l)
15
17
81
37
21
16
18
<15
Alanine aminotransferase (U/l)
20
18
67
69
40
24
22
<14
LDH (U/l)
201

442
309

256
181
<240
Creatinine (mg/dl)
0.7
0.7
1.0
0.7
0.8
0.93
0.3
0.6–1.3
β2-microglobulin (mg/dl)

0.18
0.27

0.19


<0.08
Hemoglobin (g/l)
13.6
11.1
7.6
10.8
11.8
12.1
12.4
11.8–16.8
Platelet count /nl
129
177
56
154
97
153
174
150–350
White cell count /nl
14.5
10.3
10.2
6.2
5.4
5.6
7.8
4.3–10.0

Gerner et al. Thrombosis Journal 2005 3:6   doi:10.1186/1477-9560-3-6