Monitorización inmunológica en mujeres con aborto recurrente

We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study to ascertain the prevalence of immunological abnormalities in women with recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA). The women had previously undergone karyotyping of the couple and ultrasonography to investigate anatomic uterine anomalies before immunological study. Routine immunologic monitoring for circulating antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL, n=333) [anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL), lupus anticoagulant (LA)], antibeta-2 glycoprotein-I antibodies (n=139), antinuclear antibodies (n=333), antithyroid antibodies (n=180) and percentages of natural killer (NK) cells in peripheral blood (n=189) was carried out in 333 consecutive patients with two or more (range 2-12) RSA. aPL positivity (mean-high value aCL or LA) was 15.9%. The frequency of positive antinuclear antibody tests at a titer of 1:160 or higher was 6%. Elevated levels of CD56+/CD16+CD32 lymphocytes (>18%) were observed in 11.1% of the patients studied. Anti-thyroid antibody positivity was found in 4% of women. Overall, 28.5% of women had at least one immunological abnormality. Women with RSA had significant autoimmune and alloimmune alterations involving functionally distinct autoantibodies and peripheral blood NK cells.