Chromosome Abnormality as a Possible Cause of Habitual Abortion

. gynaecological practice. Treatment may be prolonged and is frequently disapr ]nting. The loss of potential citizens is probably of the order of one in every three ? ^gnancies. The woman is often deeply disappointed at the outcome of her pregnancy ^ j when her loss is repeated on three or more occasions she may indeed feel desperate. ny doctors are of the opinion that treatment is of no great value apart from bed at the acute phase of the threat to abort. Most of these women together with their ? ners have had a prolonged series of investigations performed, at the end of which e no cause for their repeated abortions has been found. has been known for many years as a result of animal studies and breeding experi-