The information about the occurrence of embryonic and fetal losses in dairy herds in Poland is limited. Thus, the objective of this study was to assess the pregnancy loss between days 30 and 45 (late embryonic mortality) and between days 45 and 260 after artificial insemination (AI) (foetal loss). The study was carried out in 8 dairy herds in north-east Poland. In total 954 cows were examined f...

Chromosomal analysis is an important etiological investigation in couples with repeated spontaneous abortions as it helps in genetic counseling and deciding about further reproductive options. Abortions ,specially first trimester abortions is a very common complication and a matter of concern for couples planning pregnancy. Balanced chromosomal rearrangements in either parent is an important ca...

Capsule: We observed that first trimester pregnancy loss is associated with an altered expression profile of the three isoforms of the NK receptor NKp30 expressed by NKs in PBMC and placental tissue. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether first trimester pregnancy loss is associated with differences in expression of NKp30 splice variants (isoforms) in maternal peripheral blood or placen...

Recurrent abortion is classically defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses, although recently more than two pregnancy losses also considered as recurrent abortions. This condition affects approximately 1% of couples at reproductive age. Recurrent pregnancy loss has been attributed to anatomic uterine pathologies, genetic defects, endocrine disorders, immunologic factors, prothrombo...

OBJECTIVE Cigarette smoking during pregnancy increases risks of poor pregnancy outcomes including miscarriage and stillbirth (pregnancy loss), but the effect of smoking on pregnancy loss among HIV-infected women has not been explored. Here, investigated the impact of smoking on risk of pregnancy loss among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women, and estimated the potential impact of realistic smok...

background: normal pregnancy is thought to be dependent on th2 deviation, while recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl) and pre-eclampsia (pe) appear to be biased toward the th1 immune response. it is believed that the soluble form of cd30 (scd30) is an index of th2 immune response or modulator of th1/th2 responses. objective: the aim of this study was determination of the scd30 level in rpl and pe pati...

Background: some microbial infections can be passed to the fetus before or during birth and damage cause a miscarriage, like infection with ToRCH agents salmonella enterica. The current study aims investigate extent of involvement enteria serovars, proteus spp. Brucella in recurrent miscarriage women first trimester. Material method: 50 blood samples were collected from age rage (19-39), who ha...