Lack of Association Between Antiphospholipid Antibodies and First-Trimester Spontaneous Abortion: Prospective Study of Pregnancies Detected Within 21 Days of Conception 11Supported by grants and contracts from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health.
Simpson J, Carson S, Chesney C, Conley M, Metzger B, Aarons J, Holmes L, Jovanovic-Peterson L, Knopp R, Mills J. Lack of Association Between Antiphospholipid Antibodies and First-Trimester Spontaneous Abortion: Prospective Study of Pregnancies Detected Within 21 Days of Conception 11Supported by grants and contracts from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health. Fertility And Sterility 1998, 69: 814-820. PMID: 9591485, DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(98)00054-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiphospholipid antibodiesAnticardiolipin antibodiesPregnancy lossProspective studyFirst trimester pregnancy lossEnzyme immunoassayFirst-trimester spontaneous abortionsFirst trimester lossNational InstituteLack of associationDay of conceptionFetal deathRetrospective studySpontaneous abortionLive birthsMAIN OUTCOMEChild healthSuch antibodiesBlood samplesPregnancyMulticenter universityAntibodiesSerumWomenSelection bias