background: mycoplasma infections are suggested as etiology of adverse pregnancy outcomes. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the association of mycoplasma hominis (m. hominis) infection and spontaneous abortion among pregnant women. materials and methods: in this case-control study that was conducted from august 2012 to january 2013, totally, 109 women were included with spontane...

  Introduction: The majoritiy of abortion risk factors has been classified as environmental and vary from one place to another. This study aimed to explore the relationship between exposure to pesticides and spontaneous abortion among female pistachio farmers in Rafsanjan, Iran.   Materials and Methods: In this case-control study, 50 women with spontaneous abortion and 50 women w...

background vegf gene has been reported to be related with many diseases and recurrent pregnancy loss in various studies. vegf polymorphisms are risk factors for pregnancy losses, and generally studies report only women’s genetic analyses. to evaluate the association between vegf a c405g, c460t, c936t and c2578a polymorphisms and spontaneous abortion, we studied the genotypes of spontaneously ab...

objective(s)distinction of hydatidiform moles from non-molar specimens and subclassification of hydatidiform moles as complete and partial are important for clinical practice, but diagnosis based solely on histomorphology suffers from poor interobserver reproducibility. nowadays, pathologists rely on molecular techniques, however these methods are technically difficult, relatively expensive, an...

background: differential diagnosis between complete hydatidiform mole, partial hydatidiform mole and hydropic abortion, known as hydropic placentas is still a challenge for pathologists but it is very important for patient management. objective: we analyzed the nuclear dna content of various types of hydropic placentas by flowcytometry. materials and methods: dna ploidy analysis was performed i...

background: spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome rarely occurs during pregnancy and is usually associated with high levels of human chorionic gonadotropin, in conditions such as molar or multifetal pregnancies. case report: here we report spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation in a patient presenting with missed abortion at 16th week of gestation, when serum ß-subunit human chorionic gon...

OBJECTIVES Spontaneous abortion is one of the most important complications of pregnancy with short and long adverse psychological effects on women. This study assesses the implications of a spontaneous abortion history has on women's psychiatric symptoms and pregnancy distress in subsequent pregnancy less than one years after spontaneous abortion. METHODS A case-control study was conducted on...

conclusions: nested pcr as a sensitive chlamydia trachomatis detection test and endocervical specimens has been offered to detect this bacterium in spontaneous abortion. besides, c. trachomatis screening among pregnant women can be suggested to prevent abortion. results: the number of intercourses per week and history of miscarriage can be known as the risk factors of abortion. frequency of c. ...

although abo incompatibility between mother and fetus has long been suspected as cause of spontaneous abortion in man, its precise contribution has not been completely resolved. in spite of reports in which the incompatible mating was recognized to be a cause of habitual abortion, and which eventually results in infertility or a reduction in the number of living children compared with the numbe...