Open AccessAnticardiolipin antibodies in pathogenesis of infertility
Author(s) -
Dragan Lončar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp1003216l
Subject(s) - medicine , antibody , lupus anticoagulant , antiphospholipid syndrome , infertility , anticardiolipin antibodies , unexplained infertility , rank correlation , pregnancy , gastroenterology , correlation , immunology , geometry , mathematics , machine learning , biology , computer science , genetics
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disorder clinically characterized by arterial or venous thrombosis and/or specific obstetric complications and presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) in the serum. It occurs in 0.3% of pregnant women, while 1% of them have two spontaneous abortions. The aim of this study was to analyze the frequency of biphospholipid antibodies in pregnant women with recurrent spontaneous abortions.