CIRCULATING IMMUNE-COMPLEXES IN NORMAL PREGNANT-WOMEN AND IN SOME CONDITIONS COMPLICATING PREGNANCY

  • 1 January 1979
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 37  (1) , 33-37
Abstract
The polyethylene-glycol (PEG) precipitation assay was used to examine the sera of 69 pregnant women, 30 with normal pregnancies, 10 with toxemia of pregnancy, 11 with pregnancy complicated by diabetes and 8 with case histories of recurrent abortions to find evidence of eventual circulating immune complexes (CIC). CIC were not seen in normal pregnancies, but were found in 2 of the toxemic group, in 2 with recurrent abortions and in 2 with diabetes. After delivery, these 6 positive cases were all negative. The presence of CIC may have a determining role in the pathogenesis of some of the cases of the above conditions.