prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies and pre-eclampsia, a prospective controlled study

ABSTRACT

Detection of anticardiolipin antibodies [ACA] in 50 primigravida with preeclampsia and in 41 primigravida with normal course of pregnancy was carried out in the third trimester. In 10 cases [20%] and in 4 cases [9.5%] of the control group, abnormal values of ACA were detected, but this was not statistically significant. The outcome of pregnancy did not significantly differ among cases with normal and abnormal values of ACA. Further studies and standardization of the ELISA test used for detection of ACA are recommended