Protein A immunoadsorption in a pregnant women with habitual abortion

H Hickstein, D Barz, T Külz, G Korten, H Müller… - … and apheresis science, 2002 - Elsevier
The role of antibodies in the occurrence of recurrent spontaneous miscarriage is well known.
However there are many controversial issues in the management of habitual abortion. This
paper describes the effect of Protein A immunoadsorption on serum levels of these
antibodies and its impact on a case of a successfully treated woman in a outpatient
department without need for a centralvenous catheter. Given the favourable clinical results
described in our paper we think it may be relevant for some worse cases in clinical practice …