“…1 In this cohort, we recorded gender, type of SPS, type of thrombotic events, number of thrombotic events, and localization of the thrombosis (Table 1). All patients had a proven (angiography or doppler ultrasound) thrombotic episode and one of the clinical markers of a primary thrombophilic condition 1, 5,7–11 : (a) family history of thrombosis, (b) thrombosis at uncommon anatomic locations, and (c) resistance to conventional antithrombotic therapy. The SPS was defined by specific laboratory methods described by Mammen et al, 4,12,13 Kubisz et al, 6,7,14 and Ruiz-Delgado et al 1 Patients with clinical conditions related to secondary thrombophilia were excluded, as well as patients who had other inherited thrombophilic in addition to the SPS.…”