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...

Objectives: To study the uterine artery resistance and pulsation indices during the mid luteal phase in patients with history of unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss and the effects of the nitric oxide donor isosorbid mononitrite on these indices. Study Design: A cross-section, controlled observational study. Setting: Benha University Hospital, Egypt. July 2009 to July 2010. Subjects and Method...

BACKGROUND Using aspirin, heparin, or both in women with unexplained recurrent miscarriage could be useful, because this problem might be initiated by thrombosis in decidual vessels. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between thrombophilia and unexplained recurrent miscarriage and to evaluate the efficacy of anticoagulant treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this quasi experimental, we...

Although the mechanisms causing recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA) remain frequently speculative, recent evidence indicates that a specific uterine immune-endocrine network plays a pivotal role in the continuation of pregnancy. We have recently demonstrated that an adhesion molecule of the immune system, named intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, is markedly expressed at both protein and...

BACKGROUND Recurrent spontaneous abortion is a serious problem in pregnancy, which affects between 2 and 5% of women of reproductive age. This study was designed to examine the effect of vitamin D supplementation on the occurrence of unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (URSA). METHODS A double-blind randomized and controlled clinical trial was performed on 80 patients with URSA. They w...

introduction: one factor known to cause thrombophilia in women with unexplained recurrent spontaneous abortion (rsa) is c677t polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene. this study aimed to determine the association between rsa and mthfr c677t polymorphism in iranian patients. methods: in this case-control study, 30 patients with previous history of two or more consecutive unexpla...