Fetal Pathology in Spontaneous Abortion

Relation between parvovirus B19 infection and fetal mortality and spontaneous abortion

  Background: Infection with parvovirus B19 may cause fetal losses including spontaneous abortion, intrauterine fetal death and non-immune hydropsfetalis. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of parvovirus B19 in formalin fixed placental tissues in lost fetuses using real-time PCR method.   Methods : In this cross-sectional study, 100 formalin fixed placental tissues with unknown...

Placenta Percreta Resulting in Incomplete Spontaneous Abortion in First Trimester

The role of miRNA in Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion

Abortion is a term used for missing of fetus before 20th week of pregnancy, which is a common complication of pregnancy and its aetiology usually remains unknown. Known aetiologies for this phenomenon include structural malformation of uterus, genetic anomalies, autoimmune conditions, endocrine defects, coagulative and trombophilic disorders, polycystic ovary, obesity, and lifestyle. Abortion h...

Effectiveness of Leukocyte Immunotherapy in Primary Recurrent Spontaneous Abortion (RSA)

Background: Recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) is defined as three or more se-quential abortions before the twentieth week of gestation. There are evidences to sup-port an allo-immunologic mechanism for RSA. One of the methods for treatment of RSA is leukocyte therapy; however there is still controversy about effectiveness of this method. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of leukocyte...

Antidepressants and spontaneous abortion.

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...