Reduced thromboplastin activity in blood monocytes and reduced sensitivity to stimuli in vitro of blood monocytes from pregnant women

Abstract
Summary. The thromboplastin activity in blood monocytes from 18 normal third trimester pregnant women has been compared with a group of 20 healthy non-pregnant women. The thromboplastin activity in unstimulated monocytes from the normal pregnant group was on average 40% of the activity in the non-pregnant group (P2-antiplasmin levels.