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. 1983 Jan;51(1):45-52.

Early pregnancy factor is an immunosuppressive contaminant of commercial preparations of human chorionic gonadotrophin

B E Rolfe, H Morton, F M Clarke

Early pregnancy factor is an immunosuppressive contaminant of commercial preparations of human chorionic gonadotrophin

B E Rolfe et al. Clin Exp Immunol. 1983 Jan.

Abstract

Early pregnancy factor (EPF) is a pregnancy associated substance detected in human serum and urine throughout the first and second trimesters of pregnancy. It has also been detected in several commercial preparations of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). The various molecular weight forms of EPF which occur in human pregnancy serum, urine and commercial hCG preparations have been partially characterized and found to be similar to each other but distinct from hCG. Further evidence is presented which suggests that it is EPF rather than hCG which is responsible for the immunosuppressive activity of some crude hCG preparations.

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