title: Autoantibodies in women with primary recurrent spontaneous abortion of unknown etiology.
abstract: A group of 153 women with 3 or more recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSAs) with unknown etiology and 90 normal multigravida controls were evaluated for antibodies to phospholipids and nuclear antigens. We demonstrate that women with recurrent spontaneous abortions showed significantly higher incidence of antibodies to phospholipids than normal multigravida controls. In contrast, the incidence of antibodies to polynucleotides and histones was not different between these two groups. These findings suggest that antiphospholipid antibodies are either epiphenomena or causally related to recurrent spontaneous abortions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UHS/The Chicago Medical School, Illinois 60064.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kwak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gilman-Sachs
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Beaman
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Beer
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000276:immunology*; D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000032:analysis; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005260:Female; D006657:Histones / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D034961:Antigens, Nuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D006657:Histones; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010743:Phospholipids