On the cover of the July 13, 2010 issue of CMAJ was the heading, “Use of antidepressants in pregnancy increases the risk of spontaneous abortion.” The findings in the related research article by Nakhai-Pour and colleagues are based solely on prescription drugs. No estimate was done of actual compliance with the medications. If a woman was aware that she was pregnant, the likelihood of her takin...

Various studies have shown a relation ship between maternal history of spontaneous abortion and still births of unknown karyotype and the risk of a subsequent Down Syndrome (DS) live birth(l/2). However, the results of these investigations have been inconclusive(3-6). The present study was, therefore, conducted to evaluate the association between the history of spontaneous abortion and birth of...

background: different studies show that chromosomal balance translocation in the parents can cause recurrent spontaneous abortions. incidence of chromosomal translocation abnormalities in couples with repeated abortions is from 0% to 31%. objective: the purpose of this research was studying the presence or absence of chromosomal abnormalities and heteromorphism in couples with recurrent abortio...

Corresponding Author: E.V. Mashkina, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia Email: [email protected] Abstract: Oxygen-regulated genes expression has important role in preimplantation embryonic metabolism regulation. Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) regulated by hypoxia oxygen tension is crucial for placenta development. But the data about its role in spontaneous abortion is very poor. T...

OBJECTIVES Mycoplasma genitalium infections are suggested as causes of a number of pathological outcomes in pregnant women. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of M. genitalium infections among pregnant women and its association with spontaneous abortion. METHODS In this case-control study we included 109 women with spontaneous abortion with a gestational age of 10-20 weeks (p...

BACKGROUND Mycoplasma infections are suggested as etiology of adverse pregnancy outcomes. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis) infection and spontaneous abortion among pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case-control study that was conducted from August 2012 to January 2013, totally, 109 women were included with spontan...

Threatened miscarriage is a common complication of pregnancy. Despite initial viability confirmation by ultrasound scan, some of these patients had further spontaneous abortion. A highly sensitive and specific biomarker would be useful to determine the outcome of pregnancy and to prevent emotional impact to these women. A prospective 14-month cohort study was conducted in the Obstetrics and Gyn...

A postal questionnaire was used in a nationwide case control study of women with scleroderma to investigate whether there was an increased rate of spontaneous abortion before the onset of the disease. The results from 155 case control pairs studied showed that the women with scleroderma had twice the rate of spontaneous abortion and three times the rate of fertility problems (no successful preg...

How do abortion costs affect non-marital childbearing? While greater access to abortion has the first-order effect of reducing childbearing among pregnant women, it could nonetheless lead to unintended consequences via effects on marriage market norms. Single motherhood could rise if lower-cost abortion makes it easier for men to avoid marriage. We identify the effect of abortion costs on separ...