ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES IN PREGNANCY-INDUCED HYPERTENSION

It was suggested that anticardiolipin antibodies (ACA) were found posi tive in some obstetrical problems such as recurrent foetal losses, int rauterine growth retardation, etc. The aim of this study was to determ ine ACA levels in pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) cases. ACA IgG and IgM levels were measured by the ELISA method in 65 PIH cases and 2 3 control pregnancies. We could not find any difference between the PI H and the control groups. There was not any statistically significant difference between the subtypes of PIH. According to these results, we say that ACA IgG and IgM levels have no diagnostic and prognostic val ue in PIH.