Plasma diamine oxidase levels in pregnancy complicated by threatened abortion.
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Plasma diamine oxidase levels were assayed in 66 patients who presented with pregnancy complicated by threatened abortion. Levels within the normal range were associated with continuing pregnancies, whereas levels below the normal range were associated with subsequent abortion. Among those patients in whom gestation was greater than eight weeks, 66.6% of diamine oxidase levels correctly predicted the pregnancy outcome. Assay of the diamine oxidase levels at eight weeks of gestation or less gave little useful information.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical pathology
دوره 34 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1981