BACKGROUND The mechanism by which the maternal immune system tolerates the fetus during pregnancy is unclear. METHODS This study measured interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) concentrations in the serum of non-pregnant women (Group 1); healthy first trimester pregnant women (Group 2); pregnant women with a history of recurrent miscarriage whose pregnancies again failed later in the first trimester ...

Hormonal, metabolic and immunological changes occurring during pregnancy have significant effects on the function of the skin. Psoriasis is one of the most common dermatological diseases and it is known as a nonspecific dermatosis in pregnancy. The aim of this article is to present the importance of support in the course of psoriasis in pregnant women. Psoriasis may cause recurrent miscarriages...

We report on a de novo centric fission of chromosome 11 in a healthy female referred for chromosome analysis due to recurrent miscarriages. Both fission products were mitotically stable. This centric fission of chromosome 11 appears to have no clinical significance for this patient other than recurrent miscarriages.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of PLI and results of subsequent pregnancy in women with RM showing alloimmune response. MATERIALS AND METHODS Immunological investigations were performed in patients with RM. Subsequently, PLI was administered to 241 patients at their request. Of these, 202 conceived between September 2005 and September 2012. RESULTS Of the 202 women, 169...

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a hormonal disturbance that results in a collection of symptoms and has wide-ranging health implications. There is evidence that it may run in families, and it is associated with the development of type 2 diabetes and recurrent miscarriage. Diagnosis involves eliminating other potential conditions, while treatment aims to manage individual symptoms rather than pro...

A study of survival time of zygotes in utero and the relationship with parental phenotype of a series of genetic polymorphisms was carried out in 41 couples with habitual abortion. Variability of intrauterine survival time was found to be much higher between families than within families suggesting that several genetic entities contribute to the condition clinically defined as habitual abortion...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relative contribution of patient and care provider characteristics to the adherence of general practitioners (GPs) and midwives to two specific recommendations in the Dutch national guidelines on imminent miscarriage. The study focused on performing physical examinations at the first contact and making a follow up appointment after 10 days because these are essential rec...

Recurrent miscarriage is a distressing problem that affects 1% of all women. This incidence is greater than that expected by chance alone, since 10–15% of all clinically recognised pregnancies end in a miscarriage and the theoretical risk of three consecutive pregnancy losses is 0.34%. Hence, only a proportion of women presenting with recurrent miscarriage will have a persistent underlying caus...

The possible influence of the high polymorphic C heterochromatic regions of human chromosomes 1, 9, 16, and Y on meiotic chromosome segregation was investigated. Faulty chromosome segregation may be the result of either an abnormal quantity of C heterochromatin on the homologues, or disequilibrium between the homologues. The aim of our study was to determine whether either a variation in the am...

Miscarriage is the most common complication of human pregnancy. Although the causes of recurrent miscarriage (RM) are various, immunologic aberrations between mother and fetus might be one of the causes of miscarriage. Immune responses fall into two categories: autoimmune and alloimmune. Currently, no appropriate diagnostic method has been established to identify alloimmune causes. We observed ...