background: human leukocyte antigen-g (hla-g) is a non-classical class i molecule highly expressed by extravillous cytotrophoblast cells. due to a single base pair deletion, its function can be compensated by other isoforms. investigating the frequency of null allele in recurrent miscarriage (rm) subjects could be useful in understanding the relationship between frequency of this allele and rm ...

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...

in order to determine outcome of pregnancy with lui in patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage whose husbands have low hypo-osmotic swelling test scores, a prospective clinical intervention was performed at a university referral clinic of recurrent abortion. out of 56 patients whose husbands had abnormal hypo-osmotic swelling tests, 43 patients underwent lui, from which only 14 patients...

Background: The maximum probability of conceiving during a menstrual cycle is only about 40%. One third of conceptions do not result in the delivery of a baby recurrent miscarriage, defined as the loss of 3 or more pregnancies before 20 weeks post-menstruation that affects 1% of all women. Approximately 20 percent of pregnant women will have some bleeding before 20 weeks’ gestation, and roughly...

At the recent ISUOG meeting in Los Angeles, there was great debate about the current cut-off s we use to defi ne miscarriage using transvaginal ultrasound. In particular, the guidelines used by both the RCOG and ASUM are not conservative enough and may lead to false positive diagnosis of miscarriage. In routine practice, when there is a suspicion of a non-viable pregnancy, we rely on the measur...

a repeat in another year. On the occasions on which two consecutive smears are reported as showing 'no endocervical cells' I am left wondering whether timing in the cycle makes a difference, since there are undoubtedly some times when the cervix appears dry and the quantity and quality of the sample seems poor. Our local histopathologist does not agree with this suggestion but then he is not ta...

a repeat in another year. On the occasions on which two consecutive smears are reported as showing 'no endocervical cells' I am left wondering whether timing in the cycle makes a difference, since there are undoubtedly some times when the cervix appears dry and the quantity and quality of the sample seems poor. Our local histopathologist does not agree with this suggestion but then he is not ta...

background: antinuclear antibodies (anas) in women with recurrent miscarriage have been reported. the presence of moderate to high titers of these antibodies represents an autoimmune condition that can endanger the health of the fetus in pregnant women. objective: in this study, we evaluated the prevalence of anas in iranian women with a history of two or more unexplained abortion. materials an...

abstract background a vast variety of factors may cause recurrent pregnancy loss. blood group incompatibility of parents could cause abortion. the examination of couples or twins, blood groups showed that the blood group incompatibility can affect adversely the outcome of pregnancy. couples with blood group incompatibility are more involved in spontaneous miscarriage. antigenes in two different...

BACKGROUND The effects of malaria and its treatment in the first trimester of pregnancy remain an area of concern. We aimed to assess the outcome of malaria-exposed and malaria-unexposed first-trimester pregnancies of women from the Thai-Burmese border and compare outcomes after chloroquine-based, quinine-based, or artemisinin-based treatments. METHODS We analysed all antenatal records of wom...