The epidemiology of recurrent miscarriage: A descriptive study of 1214 prepregnant women with recurrent miscarriage

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 316-322

  Yang, Catherine J ^a   Stone, Peter ^b   Stewart, Alistair W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Demography; Epidemiology; Habitual abortion; Recurrent miscarriage; Recurrent miscarriage clinic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PARITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STILLBIRTH;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 33745595113     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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