background: it is estimated that about 50% of causes of recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl) cases remain unknown. sperm factors are suggested to have probable role in cases with rpl. objective: the goal was to determine the possible relationship between semen bacterial contaminations with unexplained rpl. also, the correlation between number of bacterial colony and sperm chromatin condensation was e...

Background -Recurrent pregnancy loss defined as two or more miscarriage before 20 weeks of pregnancy affecting 1-5 % or women in reproductive age .There are many etiologies have been suggested, like Genetic, Immunologic, Thrombophila, Endocrine and Anatomic; but in 50% of cases, the exact etiology remains uncertain. Endometrium acts as biosensor of embryo quality and endometrium itself contribu...

Background: Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a common and distressing disorder. RPL is a devastating reproductive problem affecting approximately 5% of couples trying to conceive. If we camper the rate of miscarriage in couples may experience RPL with the pregnancy loss rate in general population we may calculate that it is at least two or three times higher than expected. This study aimed to ...

background: in 2-4% of couples in fertile ages, recurrent pregnancy loss (rpl) occurs which consisted one out of 300 pregnancies. the aim of this study was to comparison insulin resistance (ir) in patients with rpl to normal individuals. materials and methods: in a case-controlled, prospective study, 49 non-pregnant, non-diabetic women with early rpl as the case group and 49 non-pregnant, non-d...

background: recurrent pregnancy loss is (rpl) a heterogeneous condition. while the role of acquired thrombophilia has been accepted as an etiology for rpl, the contribution of specific inherited thrombophilic gene polymorphisms to the disorder has been remained controversial. methods: one hundred women with a history of two or more consecutive abortions and 100 women with at least two live birt...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether increasing antioxidant intake in men with high levels of DNA damage or lipid peroxidation improves gestational results in couples with history of recurrent embryo loss. DESIGN Descriptive study (case series). SETTING Early recurrent embryo loss program at the University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. PATIENT(S) Seventeen men whose spouses had a history of ...

etiologic factors for recurrent miscarriage (rm) include autoimmune diseases, the most frequently antiphospholipid syndrome and thyroiditis. some women who suffer from rm might also have an altered immune system. we aimed to evaluate possible associations between anti-thyroid and anti-phospholipid antibodies in women with rm. in a retrospective case series 1 on 156 women with rm, major outcome ...