[Relationship between anticardiolipin antibodies and abortion].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the relationship between anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) and abortion.


METHODS
The level of serum ACA in 93 abortion women (abortion group) and 80 normal pregnant women (control group) was determined by the enzyme linked immunoabsorbent assay. The abortion group included threatened abortion (n = 62), inevitable abortion (n = 21), and missed abortion (n = 10).


RESULTS
The positive rate of ACA in the abortion group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The positive rate of ACA in pregnant women with a history of abortion was significantly higher than that in those women without a history of abortion (P < 0.05). The positive rate of ACA was not significantly different between habitual abortion and spontaneous abortion (P > 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Anticardiolipin antibodies may induce abortion, but it is not related to habitual abortion.
Zhu
Fu-fan
FF
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410011, China.
Sun
Wen-xia
WX
Huang
Jian
J
D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000276:immunology*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000276:immunology*; D000033:Abortion, Threatened / Q000276:immunology; D000328:Adult; D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy
D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin