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Pregnancy associated alpha-glycoprotein (SP-III) in Nigerian pregnant women
G C Onyemelukwe1, L Smith, C C Ekwempu
1Department of Medicine, A.B.U. Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria.
African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences
|March 1, 1995
Abstract:
Pregnancy associated protein (SP-III) was measured by rocket electroimmunoassay in the sera of Nigerian women with normal and abnormal singleton pregnancy. A tendency to increases of SP-III levels with advancing gestational age was observed. SP-III may contribute to immunosuppression in preventing anti-allograft responsiveness and levels may also reflect the effect of infections since SP-III is also leucocyte derived. Values in PET and anaemia in pregnancy were similar to values in normal pregnant women.