BACKGROUND Examining women's stress and social support following denial and receipt of abortion furthers understanding of the effects of unwanted childbearing and abortion on women's well-being. This study investigated perceived stress and emotional social support over time among women who were denied wanted abortions and who received abortions, and compared outcomes between the groups. METHO...

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for ß 2 -Glycoprotein I dependent anticardiolipin antibodies (ß 2 I aCL) was carried out in 82 women experiencing 3 or more recurrent pregnancy losses and 82 normal healthy controls. The mean aCL levels were 14.53 (μ/ml) ± 16.22 in women with repeated abortions and 7.26 (μ/ml) ± 3.65 in controls. The difference in the values between the two groups was f...

We report a case of a 38-year-old woman with recurrent spontaneous abortion who gave birth to a thrombocytopenic neonate after immunotherapy with husband’ s leucocytes. A 38-year-old healthy female consulted the Department of Immunology and Histocompatibility Center in Thessaloniki. Medical history taken from the woman revealed two abortions. She was pregnant in 1999 and aborted at approximatel...

abstract background and objective: to assess the diagnostic value of hysterosalpingography (hsg) in the evaluation of the uterine cavity in recurrent aborters in comparison to hysteroscopy as the gold standard of diagnosis. methods: 58 reproductive age women, all with habitual abortion (3 consecutive abortions), were examined by both hsg and hysteroscopy. results: the overall sensitivity and sp...

we present 2 cases of likely rare event. in case 1, 3rd degree consanguineous marriage revealed inv(6) with same break points in parents who were found to be phenotypically normal. the same inv(6) being inherited in progeny but presented with low amh (anti mullerian hormone) and high level of fsh (follicular stimulating hormone) leading to polycystic ovarian syndrome/premature ovarian failure. ...

PROBLEM/CONDITION Since 1969, CDC has conducted abortion surveillance to document the number and characteristics of women obtaining legal induced abortions in the United States. REPORTING PERIOD COVERED 2006. DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM Each year, CDC requests abortion data from the central health agencies of 52 reporting areas (the 50 states, New York City, and the District of Columbia); these d...

The concept of compatibility is dependent on the specifity of immune responses. The immunology of reproduction, and in particular the tolerance of two genetically distinct organisms and their fruitful symbiosis, is one of the most imposing paradoxes in immunology. In normal human pregnancy, the allogeneic embryo is tolerated by the maternal immune system for about 40 weeks without general immun...