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Article: Antiphospholipid antibodies and pregnancy loss.(Clinical report)
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- Bandolier
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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What's worse than being asked a question to which you don't know the answer (or even understand the question)? It could be having only half of the answer, but not knowing which half. Such a position could arise with treatments for antiphospholipid antibodies in pregnancy.
Antiphospholipid antibodies are antibodies directed against several phospholipids in the body. There is an association between antiphospholipid antibodies in the circulation and pregnancy loss, and between 3% and 7% of pregnant women have the antibodies. In low risk pregnancies, the antibodies are associated with a nine-fold increase in pregnancy loss, while in high risk pregnancies with at ...