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Antiphospholipid antibodies in women having in-vitro fertilization
M A Birdsall1, G M Lockwood, W L Ledger
1Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, The Women's Centre, Oxford Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Human Reproduction (Oxford, England)
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
Antiphospholipid antibodies have an established association with pregnancy complications such as recurrent miscarriage, growth retardation, placental abruption and stillbirth but their mechanism of action is unclear. We have investigated whether antiphospholipid antibodies occur more frequently in women having in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and whether their presence is associated with the likelihood of failed implantation. We studied 240 women undergoing IVF treatment who were