Etiology of recurrent pregnancy loss in women over the age of 35 years

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1473-1477

  Marquard, Kerri ^a   Westphal, Lynn M ^b   Milki, Amin A ^b   Lathi, Ruth B ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome; karyotype; maternal age; Recurrent miscarriage; recurrent pregnancy loss; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOPHILIA; UTERUS CAVITY; UTERUS MALFORMATION; ABORTION, HABITUAL; ANEUPLOIDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO DEATH; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTERUS;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO LOSS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTERUS;

EID: 77956191123     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.041     Document Type: Article

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