Thathas air a lorg gu bheil anticoagulant lupus an làthair ann an grunn ghalaran.Thathas den bheachd gu bheil seasmhachd stuthan anticoagulant lupus mar bhratach dhearg airson iomrall ath-chuairteach neo-mhìnichte, marbh-bhreith, dàil fàs fetal, thrombosis arteriovenous, diofar ghalaran thrombophilic, agus cuid de ghalaran fèin-dìon.Is e Antithrombin III (antithrombin, AT III) aon de na stuthan anticoagulant as cudromaiche ann am bodhaig an duine.Bidh e a 'cumail suas cothromachadh coagulation fala anns a' bhodhaig.