OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the risk of spontaneous abortion among the wives of male workers occupationally exposed to benzene. METHODS The wives of 823 men working in two chemical plants at the time of the study were asked to complete a questionnaire describing their pregnancies. The analysis of the 1739 pregnancies that ended in a spontaneous abortion or a birth is p...

INTRODUCTION The occurrence of early abortion after amniocentesis is a serious problem in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology, and it is always important to discover the factors influencing this phenomenon. The incidence rate has been reported in different studies, even up to about 10%. So far, no studies have been conducted in Iran on the effect of amniocentesis and related complications o...

CONTEXT Both folate deficiency and folic acid supplements have been reported to increase the risk of spontaneous abortion. The results are inconclusive, however, and measurements of folate have not been available in all studies. OBJECTIVE To study the association between plasma folate levels and the risk of spontaneous abortion. DESIGN, SETTING, AND POPULATION Population-based, matched, cas...

BACKGROUND Previously, the authors found that risk of spontaneous abortion was increased in the pregnancies of women with epilepsy compared with their same-sex siblings, which could have implications for risk of epilepsy in their offspring. An association between a history of spontaneous abortion in the mother and risk of epilepsy in her live-born offspring may arise through selective loss of f...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Non-complicated spontaneous abortion cases should be counseled about the full range of management approaches, including uterine evacuation using manual vacuum aspiration (MVA). The Residency Training Initiative in Miscarriage Management (RTI-MM) is an intensive, multidimensional intervention designed to facilitate implementation of office-based management of spontaneou...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine whether the concentration of disintegrin and metalloprotease protein12 (ADAM12) in first trimester maternal serum can be used as a marker for first-trimester complete spontaneous abortions, missed abortions, ectopic pregnancies and hydatidiform moles. METHODS The maternal serum concentrations of ADAM12 were measured in the range of 5-9+6 weeks...

a repeat in another year. On the occasions on which two consecutive smears are reported as showing 'no endocervical cells' I am left wondering whether timing in the cycle makes a difference, since there are undoubtedly some times when the cervix appears dry and the quantity and quality of the sample seems poor. Our local histopathologist does not agree with this suggestion but then he is not ta...