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Antiphospholipid syndrome is a disorder of the immune system that causes an increased risk of blood clots. Antiphospholipid syndrome is often found associated with

  1. infertility

  2. severe anaemia

  3. Wegener's granulomatosis

  4. raised platelet levels

  5. recurrent foetal loss
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Explanation

Recurrent foetal loss is a characteristic of antiphospholipid syndrome. In experimental situation, passive transfer of cardiolipin antibodies into mice also results in recurrent foetal loss.

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