Table 2.

Immunostaining of human term placenta using anti-tTG-positive or -negative sera.

Serum Samples	Anti tTG Positive Serum	Anti tTG Negative Serum
Apical syncytial MVM	7/7	2/7 (the other 5 were negative)
Linear proportion stained	22–48%	15–25% **p = 0.0001
Grading of staining	++/+++	+/++
Syncytioplasm	7/7	2/7
Area stained	17–68%	15–25% **p = 0.0001
Grading of staining	+++/++	+/++

Data are given as linear proportion stained (MVM) or area stained (syncytioplasm) with an associated intensity range.