AUTOANTIBODY SCREENING FOR INFERTILITY - EXPLAINING THE UNEXPLAINED

Several laboratories currently offer panels of serum autoantibody assa ys to screen women with unexplained infertility and those undergoing i n vitro fertilization (IVF). Offering these tests implies that they ha ve predictive value for the outcome of proposed infertility treatments such that the results of the testing would alter clinical management. Because screening for antiphospholipid antibodies adds expense to alr eady costly procedures, it is an appropriate time to review the justif ication for the use of these panels. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.