RELISA CARDIOLIPIN IgG & IgM ANTIBODY TEST

Antiphospholipid antibodies, including anticardiolipin antibodies, are frequently detected in sera from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (1). Numerous reports have associated these autoantibodies with various venous and arterial thrombotic disorders, including cerebral infarction (2), deep venous thrombosis (3), thrombocytopenia (1), pulmonary embolism (4), and recurrent fetal loss with placental infarction (5). The “lupus anticoagulant” (6), a substance that prolongs the activated partial thromboplastin test in vitro, has also been associated with these clinical syndromes, although it is not identical to anticardiolipin antibody. The terms “lupus anticoagulant” and “antiphospholipid antibodies” are sometimes incorrectly used interchangeably, although these immunoglobulins are not the same (1).