RT - Journal Article T1 - THE VALUE OF IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS IN PREDICTING PREGNANCY OUTCOME JF - MJIRI YR - 1999 JO - MJIRI VO - 12 IS - 4 UR - http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-979-en.html SP - 309 EP - 312 K1 - APCA; HLA-antigen; RSA; fertile. AB - In addition to ultrasonographic monitoring of folliculogenesis, urinary luteinizing hormone testing, luteal phase endometrial biopsy, serum antiphospholipid antibodies, etc., immunologic tests are recently being used to evaluate reproductive disorders. In this study, sharing of HLA-A, B, C and DR antigens and the presence of antipaternal cytotoxic antibody (APCA) was assessed using microcytotoxicity method. Subjects of the study were 103 infertile couples, 47 fertile couples with 2-3 children and 123 couples with recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA). The results showed that the presence of antipatemal cytotoxic antibody is associated with fertility rather than infertility (p LA eng UL http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/article-1-979-en.html M3 ER -