RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Plasma diamine oxidase levels in pregnancy complicated by threatened abortion.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 187
OP 188
DO 10.1136/jcp.34.2.187
VO 34
IS 2
A1 M Legge
A1 G B Duff
YR 1981
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/34/2/187.abstract
AB 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.