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Published on: May 21, 2015
[Relationship between anticardiolipin antibodies and abortion]
Fu-fan Zhu1, Wen-xia Sun, Jian Huang
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Objective:
To explore the relationship between anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) and abortion.
Methods:
The level of serum ACA in 93 abortion women (abortion group) and 80 normal pregnant women (control group) was determined by the enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay. The abortion group included threatened abortion (n = 62), inevitable abortion (n = 21), and missed abortion (n = 10).
Results:
The positive rate of ACA in the abortion group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The positive rate of ACA in pregnant women with a history of abortion was significantly higher than that in those women without a history of abortion (P < 0.05). The positive rate of ACA was not significantly different between habitual abortion and spontaneous abortion (P > 0.05).
Conclusion:
Anticardiolipin antibodies may induce abortion, but it is not related to habitual abortion.
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