title: Screening tests of reproductive immunology in systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Female patients in reproductive age with systemic lupus erythematosus and fertility complications together are observed by rheumatologists, gynecologists, and reproductive immunologists. The paper notes the presence of autoantibodies to zona pellucida, to phospholipids (phosphatidyl serine, phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl inositol, phosphatidyl glycerol, phosphatidic acid, annexin V, beta-2 glycoprotein I, and cardiolipin) and of isoantibodies to sperm cells. Isoantibodies to sperm cells are not significantly predominant, but autoimmunity is well expressed in IgG positivity against phosphatidyl inositol, phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl serine, cardiolipin, and beta-2 glycoprotein I, as well as antizona pellucida antibodies in IgG isotype. According to the levels of autoantibodies we have to choose preventive treatment to protect mother and her foetus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen and University Hospital, University in Pilsen, 30460 Pilsen, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Zdenka
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ulcova-Gallova
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mockova
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cedikova