Abstract:
:Maternal plasma concentrations of pregnancy-associated alpha 2-glycoprotein (alpha 2-PAG) were measured in normal pregnancy and in pregnancies complicated by apparent threatened abortion, pre-eclampsia or intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). alpha 2-PAG levels were significantly decreased in those women who spontaneously aborted and in those with foetal death, but were unaffected in patients who threatened to abort and in whom pregnancy continued successfully. Concentrations of alpha 2-PAG were also unaffected in subjects with mild or severe pre-eclampsia and in those with IUGR. Patients with high alpha-foetoprotein levels associated with foetal abnormality also had normal alpha 2-PAG levels for stage of gestation. The possible immunological implications of these findings are discussed.
journal_name
J Reprod Immunoljournal_title
Journal of reproductive immunologyauthors
Thomson AW,Powrie JK,Horne CHdoi
10.1016/0165-0378(79)90003-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1979-12-01 00:00:00pages
229-35issue
4eissn
0165-0378issn
1872-7603pii
0165-0378(79)90003-2journal_volume
1pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0165-0378(81)90005-x
更新日期:1981-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jri.2003.09.001
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jri.2007.08.003
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1990-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of reproductive immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0165-0378(94)00904-l
更新日期:1995-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.jri.2005.01.005
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00