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Alloimmune and autoimmune background in recurrent pregnancy loss - successful immunotherapy by intravenous
Beatrix Kotlan1, Agnes Padanyi, Jozsef Batorfi
1National Medical Center, Institute of Haematology and Immunology, Budapest, Hungary. kotlanb@netscape.net
Problem:
Immunotherapies [leukocyte immunization, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)] introduced to treat women with recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) have still controversial results in most clinical trials. A selection of these patients would be advantageous for higher efficacy.
Method Of Study:
A complex immunological panel assay was offered to patients with reproductive failure without any other known cause. We focused here on the cellular immunological parameters.
Results:
High cytotoxic T lymphocyte precursor frequency and cell-mediated cytotoxic activity and a rather high natural killer cell activity were found in alloimmune RSA patients. Thirty-two patients were investigated by immunological assays and in 78% of the women an alloimmune background could be defined. The efficacy of IVIG treatment was 96% in this group.
Conclusions:
The novel cellular immunological assays proved to be favourable for the indication of RSA patients and showed the usefulness of this selection process for effective immunotherapy.
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