Infectious processes: an infrequent cause of first trimester spontaneous abortions

RXRα is Upregulated in First Trimester Endometrial Glands of Spontaneous Abortions Unlike LXR and PPARγ

Nuclear receptors are necessary for uterine invasion of the trophoblast and therefore important for maintaining a viable pregnancy. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression pattern and frequency of LXR, PPARγ and RXRα under physiological circumstances and in spontaneous abortions in endometrial glands and decidual tissue cells. A total of 28 (14 physiologic pregnancies/14 spontan...

Decidual vascularization and the expression of angiogenic growth factors and proteases in first trimester spontaneous abortions.

BACKGROUND Decidual vascular development is important for implantation. This study analysed decidual vascular adaptation to implantation in correlation with miscarriage in decidual secretory endometrium (DSE), decidua parietalis (DP) and decidua basalis (DB) of miscarriage patients and matched controls. METHODS Decidua was obtained during first trimester termination of pregnancy (controls) an...

Activated protein C resistance, but not antiphospholipid antibodies, is associated with recurrent first-trimester spontaneous abortions

* Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Background. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between the most common laboratory markers of thrombophilias and recurrent first-trimester spontaneous abortions. Materials and methods. During the period from November 2000 to April 2004, a case-control study was carried out at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ...

Placenta Percreta Resulting in Incomplete Spontaneous Abortion in First Trimester

Emotional distress among couples involved in first-trimester induced abortions.

OBJECTIVE To establish the prevalence of clinically significant psychological distress in women and men involved in first-trimester abortions and to identify related risk factors. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING A downtown Montreal public abortion clinic and the Montreal metropolitan area. PARTICIPANTS We recruited 197 women and 113 men involved in first-trimester abortions and c...