BACKGROUND Spousal violence is a global issue, with ramifications for the reproductive health of women. We aimed to investigate the effect of physical, sexual, and emotional violence on potentially preventable single and recurrent spontaneous fetal loss. METHODS We analysed data from the Cameroon Demographic Health Survey. In the violence module of this survey, women were questioned about the...

BACKGROUND A successful outcome of pregnancy requires an efficient uteroplacental vascular system. Since this system may be compromised by disorders of haemostasis associated with a prothrombotic state, we postulated that maternal thrombophilia might be a risk factor for fetal loss. We studied the relation between heritable thrombophilic defects and fetal loss in a cohort of women with factor V...

Recurrent fetal losses indicate screening for antiphospholipid antibodies, especially after the third consecutive fetal loss, or when they occur after 12 weeks gestation or when the mother presents with thrombosis or other ailments of antiphospholipid syndrome. Fetal loss may be caused by thromboses of placental vasculature. There is no agreement concerning the mechanism of thromboses: protein ...

Because parvovirus B19 infection during pregnancy has been associated with increased risk of fetal loss in small or selected study populations, the authors evaluated the risk in a population-based study. A nested casecontrol study was conducted by using a population-based screening for syphilis in 3 regions in Denmark from 1992 to 1994. Cases of women with fetal loss were identified in the Nati...

Cordocentesis is a procedure to sample fetal blood from the umbilical cord by a needle that is inserted through the maternal abdominal wall under continuous ultrasonographic monitoring. Typical indications for cordecentesis are the fetal risk of thalassemia and rapid daryotyping. Fetal intravascular accessibility allows the possibility of proceeding to more difficult invasive procedures of perf...

The persistent presence in plasma of medium to high levels of IgG and/or IgM class anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and/or the lupus anticoagulant (LAC) is associated with both “recurrent pregnancy loss” and venous and arterial thrombosis. This clinicoserological entity, first described in the early eighties in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus was termed the antiphospholipid syndrome ...

The persistent presence in plasma of medium to high levels of IgG and/or IgM class anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and/or the lupus anticoagulant (LAC) is associated with both “recurrent pregnancy loss” and venous and arterial thrombosis. This clinicoserological entity, first described in the early eighties in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus was termed the antiphospholipid syndrome ...

Amniotic band syndrome is an uncommon pathological condition that can lead to intrauterine fetal demise .We report an unusual case of amniotic band presentation attached to fetal head in which umbilical cord got strangulated and resulted to fetal loss.

The presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) is closely associated with thrombotic events and pregnancy complications such as recurrent pregnancy loss, preeclampsia and placental insufficiency. We investigated the presence of aPLs and its frequency among female patients with a history of fetal loss in a Malaysia population. Serum samples were collected from 108 patients who had (1) one or...