Recurrent miscarriage : causes, evaluation and management

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Recurrent miscarriage is frustrating for the physician and a heartbreaking experience for the patient. Approximately 5% of couples trying to conceive have two consecutive miscarriages. Despite a thorough study of patients, the aetiology of this common obstetric complication is unknown in 50% of cases. Known causes include abnormal chromosomes, endocrinological disorders and uterine abnormalities. Although antiphospholipid antibodies have been demonstrated in miscarriages, the role played by alloimmune mechanisms remains unclear. New immunological approaches such as natural killer cells, regulatory T cells, tumour necrosis factor α, cell-derived microparticles, leptin, certain glycoproteins and cytokines should be considered. The management of thyroid diseases and immunological disorders is continuously evolving. Several genetic diagnostic procedures such as parental karyotyping and preimplantation genetic screening should probably not be used routinely. Antiphopholipid syndrome and some recurrent miscarriage-related endocrinological disorders can be effectively treated. Finally, new therapeutic approaches and the pleiotropic effects of old ones have led to improved fetal-maternal outcomes.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:91

Enthalten in:

Postgraduate medical journal - 91(2015), 1073 vom: 15. März, Seite 151-62

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Garrido-Gimenez, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Alijotas-Reig, Jaume [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

143011-72-7
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
FETAL-MATERNAL TOLERANCE
Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor
Immunologic Factors
Journal Article
RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE
RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.12.2015

Date Revised 30.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/postgradmedj-2014-132672

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM246234059