A STUDY OF ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES IN SOME LIVER DISEASES WITH SPLANCHNIC VENOUS THROMBOSIS

Despite many studies addressing splanchnic venous thrombosis with liver cirrhosis there is a relative lack of information about the role anticardiolipin antibodies and, lupus anticoagulant concentration in liver cirrhosis with splanchanic venous thrombosis.This work is designed to measure the level of anticardiolipin antibodies, and lupus anticoagulant in patients with chronic liver disease trying to fined out any relationship between them and the severity of liver disease as well as occurrence of splanchnic venous thrombosis in these patients..