NeuroTalk Support Groups - Autoimmune disease and risk of blood clots:

Here is a new article on this risk:

http://news.yahoo.com/autoimmune-woe...000807359.html

Quote:

Reporting online Nov. 25 in The Lancet, researchers warned that steps should be taken to prevent this condition among patients admitted to the hospital for autoimmune diseases.

In conducting the study, researchers analyzed data on more than 500,000 patients admitted to the hospital in Sweden for one of 33 autoimmune diseases, which can also include Grave's disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis and chronic rheumatic heart disease.

The team, led by Dr. Bengt Zoller of Malmo University Hospital in Sweden, found the overall risk of pulmonary embolism in the 12 months following hospitalization to be six times higher for patients with autoimmune diseases than for those without this type of disorder.

This link is not likely to expire with time:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...306-8/abstract