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Fish Oil Derivatives as a Prophylaxis of Recurrent Miscarriage Associated with Antiphospholipid Antibodies (APL) : a Pilot Study

Edoardo Rossi

Department of Haematology I, Ospedale S. Martino, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Mauro Costa

department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Since 1989, 22 patients with persistent antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS) associated with recurrent miscarriage (defined as three or more miscarriages) were treated with fish oil, equivalent to 5.1 g eicosapetaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) at a ratio of 1.5 EPA to DHA. Twenty-two patients had 23 pregnancies (one patient had two pregnancies) over a period of 3 years. There was only one intrauterine fetal death at the 27th week associated with pre-eclampsia. Twenty-one pregnancies, 19 of which ended after the 37th week, produced a baby. Two pregnancies ended with cesarean section for pre-eclampsia at 30th and 35th week of gestation and one is ongoing at 32nd week. All babies are well. The weight at birth of babies delivered at term was always >2500 g. These encouraging results favour a therapeutic role, without any adverse reaction, of fish oil to prevent recurrent miscarriage in PAPS.

Key Words: Fish oil • Persistent antiphospholipid syndrome • Recurrent miscarriage

Lupus, Vol. 2, No. 5, 319-323 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/096120339300200508
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