These results support and extend the observations of Gharavi et al.' They provide further evidence that antidsDNA and anticardiolipin antibodies are to some extent discrete populations in the patients with principally IgGl and IgG3 anticardiolipin binding-that is, the principal subclasses of IgG anti-dsDNA, showed no DNA binding. These results also emphasise the heterogeneity of anticardiolipin...

The aim of this research study was to estimate anticardiolipin (IgG & IgM) antibodies (aCL) and lupus anticoagulant (LA) factor in patients of recurrent unexplained pregnancy loss and intrauterine fetal deaths (IUFD). 82 women were selected for this study by virtue of having more than two consecutive unexplained pregnancy losses in their first trimester and were referred by the department of Ob...

Antiphospholipid antibodies, that is, lupus anticoagulants and anticardiolipin antibodies, are associated with thrombosis and obstetric complications in the antiphospholipid syndrome. Venous thrombosis occurs mostly in the lower limbs, with or without pulmonary embolism, and cerebral ischemia and transient ischemic attacks are the most common arterial events. Overall, the prevalence of thrombos...

Most patients with lupus anticoagulant (LA) activity have coincident antibodies to a group of negatively charged phospholipids, and its is suggested that LA and anticardiolipin tests detect antibodies with overlapping specificities. Some discordance between the two assays has been described, however. One patient presenting with severe thrombotic disease (recurrent deep vein thrombosis, pulmonar...