Women who work in operating rooms have an increased risk of spontaneous abortion and there appears to be a correlation in the incidence of miscarriage and operating room exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy (Euromed 1972, Cohen, Bellville and Brown 1971, .American Society of Anesthesiologists 1974). It is well known that spontaneous abortions in the general population represent a fe...

introduction: one factor known to cause thrombophilia in women with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (rsa) is c677t polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene. this study aimed to determine the association between rsa and mthfr c677t polymorphism in iranian patients. methods: in this case-control study, 30 patients with previous history of two or more consecutive unexpla...

Toxoplasmosis caused by an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a very common infection among young adults in diVerent parts of the world. Most of the toxoplasma infections are asymptomatic, the diagnosis relies mainly on the results of serological tests. The clinical implications of toxoplasma infection in pregnant patients are manifold. Such patients may have spontan...

BACKGROUND Induced abortion has been legal in India on a broad range of medical and social grounds since 1980s. Often, induced abortion is resorted to as a means for contraception, and has a potential to be misused for sex selective feticide. We assessed the rates, trends, causes and determinants of induced abortions from 2008-12 in a rural community of northern India. METHODS Present study i...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the chromosomal abnormalities in couples with history of recurrent abortions. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Cytogenetic section, Department of Pathology at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. PATIENTS Three hundred couples with history of recurrent abortions. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Structural chromosomal abnormalities in carrier couples. RESUL...

Despite intense study, the causes of breast cancer remain elusive (7). Reproductive factors are clearly of importance, but the nature of their influence on risk is complex and under continuous reassessment. It has been difficult to disentangle their effects because they are highly correlated and imperfect surrogates for unidentified underlying causal factors and because they are weakly related ...

The authors analysed 1488 cases of spontaneous abortions and stillbirths in Bratislava. They focused on the course of human embryogenesis and the chromosomal constitution. A high mean frequency rate of both developmental defects (14.4%) and chromosomal aberrations (33.6%) was revealed and both were found to be in close relation with the length of gestation. The most severe developmental defects...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous abortion is the most common complication of pregnancy. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are widely used during pregnancy. Published data are inconsistent regarding the risk of spontaneous abortion following exposure to NSAIDs. METHODS We performed a historical cohort study involving all women who conceived between January 2003 and December 2009 and who wer...