Protein A immunoadsorption in a pregnant women with habitual abortion

Hickstein, H; Barz, D; Külz, T; Korten, G; Müller, H; Schmidt, R

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Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 259-261, December 2002

Protein A immunoadsorption in a pregnant women with habitual abortion

H Hickstein
- Medizinische Fakultät, Klinik für Innere Medizin, Abteilung Nephrologie, Universität Rostock, E. Heydemann Str. 6, D-18055 Rostock, Germany
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-381-494-7741; fax: +49-381-494-7338
D Barz
- Department of Transfusion Medicine, University of Jena, D-07740 Jena, Backstr. 18, Germany
T Külz
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, D-18055 Rostock, Doberaner Str. 142, Germany
G Korten
- Department of Nephrology, University of Rostock, E. Heydemann Str. 6, D-18055 Rostock, Germany
H Müller
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Rostock, D-18055 Rostock, Doberaner Str. 142, Germany
R Schmidt
- Department of Nephrology, University of Rostock, E. Heydemann Str. 6, D-18055 Rostock, Germany

Abstract

The role of antibodies in the occurrence of recurrent spontaneous miscarriage is well known. However there are many controversial issues in the management of habitual abortion.

This paper describes the effect of Protein A immunoadsorption on serum levels of these antibodies and its impact on a case of a successfully treated woman in a outpatient department without need for a centralvenous catheter.

Given the favourable clinical results described in our paper we think it may be relevant for some worse cases in clinical practice and will interest your readers.