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Abstract
Background: Systemic lupus erythematosus is a systemic disease involving multiple organs that presents with awide range of clinical manifestations and outoantibodies production, vascular complications and in particular atherosclerosis has gained more implications regarding clinical, therapeutic and prognostic aspect. Objective: To asses the association of antiBeta 2 glycoprotien 1 with atherosclerotic complications in SLE. Material and methods: 50 SLE female patients underwent Thorough history taking, thorough physical examination and investigations including both routine and special investigations (estimation of antiBeta 2 glycoprotien 1serum level and carotid dopplar ultrasonography). Results: Significant difference in SLE patients with cardiovascular diseases than in SLE patients without cardiovascular diseases regarding antiBeta 2 glycoprotien 1serum levelintimal medial thicknes and carotid plaques detected by carotid dopplar ultrasonography Conclusion and Recommendation: We identified some non traditional predictors of SLE several questions need further investigations to understood this problem preciously.