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Antiphospholipid antibody detection is indicated in all of the following conditions except:

A
Three or more consecutive first trimester pregnancy losses
B
Unexplained cerebrovascular accidents
C
Early onset severe pre-eclampsia
D
Gestational Diabetes
High-Yield Explanation
Indications for antiphospholipid antibody testing during pregnancy includes, adverse pregnancy outcome, recurrent first trimester aboion (>=3), unexplained death of morphologically normal fetus after 10wks of gestation, severe early pre-eclampsia, venous thromboembolism, aerial thromboembolism, lividorericularis, transverse myelitis, skin necrosis and chorea. Ref: Clinical Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Antibodies (APS) By Davidson, 21st Edition, Page 1050 ; Neurohospitalist Medicine By S. Andrew Josephson, W. David Freeman, David J. Likosky, Page 146 ; Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment, 2012, Chapter 20.

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