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Nadia Jennifer Chiara Luca, MD Fellow in Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Canada

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Susanne Maria Benseler, MD Pediatric Rheumatologist, Section Chief, Alberta Children's Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary Faculty of Medicine, Canada

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Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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Herbert S Diamond, MD Visiting Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center; Chairman Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, Western Pennsylvania Hospital

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Lawrence K Jung, MD Chief, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's National Medical Center

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Barry L Myones, MD Co-Chair, Task Force on Pediatric Antiphospholipid Syndrome

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The authors and editors of Medscape Reference gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author, Christine Hom, MD, to the development and writing of this article.

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