title: [Detection of the early pregnancy factor (EPF) in the serum of patients with questionable pregnancy].
abstract: The early pregnancy factor (EPF) has been detected in sera of 24 women with a doubtful pregnancy by means of the rosette inhibition test using a horse antihuman lymphocyte serum. In all sera of women with an intact early pregnancy the EPF was found, furthermore in a pregnancy ending as abortion and two cases of an Arias Stella phenomenon. In non-pregnant patients the EPF was not detectable with exception of two patients under medication and one patient suffering from dysmenorrhea membranacea.
authors: Klinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe des Bereichs Medizin, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Straube
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Göretzlehner
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Loh
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Schütz
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nehmzow
mesh_terms: D018835:Chaperonin 10; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000097:blood; D010455:Peptides / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D011259:Pregnancy Tests, Immunologic / Q000379:methods*; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000097:blood; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic
chemical_list: D018835:Chaperonin 10; D010455:Peptides; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic; C025124:early pregnancy factor
vernacular_title: Zum Nachweis des Frühschwangerschaftsfaktors (early pregnancy factor, EPF) im Serum bei Patientinnen mit fraglicher Schwangerschaft.