Comparative Study to Evaluate the Anticardiolipin Antibody IgG in Pregnant and Non Pregnant Women with First Trimester Recurrent Abortions

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This study is an attempt to compare the prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies in the pregnant (group 1) and non- pregnant (group 2) state in subjects with history of first trimester recurrent abortions; 72 healthy pregnant women were taken as controls (group 3); a total of 216 subjects were included; IgG anticardiolipin antibody (IgG acl) levels were measured by Elcsa technique. The presence of IgG acl were significantly higher in group1 (37.5%) as compared to group 2 (16.7%). These levels were negative or indeter minate in healthy controls.