ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the serum angiopoietin1 levels in patients with ectopic pregnancy
Method: A total of sixty females were investigated. All the females were aged between 20-40 years. Thirty females having normal viable intrauterine pregnancy with the gestational age of 6-8 weeks were taken as the control group while 30 females who presented to the hospital with ectopic pregnancy at 6-8 weeks of gestation were taken as the study group
Results: The serum angiopoietin1 levels were decreased significantly [p=0.001] in females with ectopic pregnancyas compared to the females having normal pregnancy
Conclusion: The decreased levels of serum angiopoietin1 in ectopic pregnancy show that it can be used as an important biomarker for early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy