Miscarriage and its associations

Seminars in Reproductive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-400

  Brown, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Miscarriage; Recurrent abortion; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; HEPARIN; THYROXINE;

ANAMNESIS; ANEUPLOIDY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM POLYP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; LUTEAL INSUFFICIENCY; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOPHILIA; THYROID DISEASE; UTERUS MALFORMATION; UTERUS MYOMA; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHROMOSOMES;

EID: 54349102484     PISSN: 15268004     EISSN: 15264564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1087105     Document Type: Review

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