title: Anticardiolipin antibodies in women with recurrent abortion.
abstract: The present study sought to determine whether the level of anticardiolipin antibodies in women with recurrent abortion differed from that in the general population. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used for detection of anticardiolipin antibodies in a group of 26 patients defined as habitual aborters (at least three consecutive spontaneous abortions), and in a control group of 26 patients each of whom had had at least one live birth without pregnancy wastage. A high level of anticardiolipin antibody activity was detected among 19.23% of the habitual aborters but in none of the controls, indicating an association between anticardiolipin antibody level and habitual abortion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King Hussein Medical Centre, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Daboubi
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000097:blood* / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / Q000097:blood*; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D018566:Pregnancy, High-Risk; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin