Maryam Rao, Hamid Javaid Qureshi, Qanita Mahmud, Sibgha Zulfiqar.
Serum Angiopoietin 1 as a Biomarker of Ectopic Pregnancy.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;13(4):192-4.

Objective:To assess the serum angiopoietin1 levels in patients with ectopic pregnancy. Method: A total of sixty females were investigated. All the females were aged between 20-40 years. Thirty females having normal viable intrauterine pregnancy with the gestational age of 6-8 weeks were taken as the control group while 30 females who presented to the hospital with ectopic pregnancy at 6-8 weeks of gestation were taken as the study group. Results: The serum angiopoietin1 levels were decreased significantly (p=0.001) in females with ectopic pregnancyas compared to the females having normal pregnancy. Conclusion: The decreased levels of serum angiopoietin1 in ectopic pregnancy show that it can be used as an important biomarker for early diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy.

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