Two vs. three or more primary recurrent pregnancy losses - Are there any differences in epidemiologic characteristics and index pregnancy outcome?

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 365-371

  Bashiri, Asher ^a   Ratzon, Ronit ^b   Amar, Shimon ^a   Serjienko, Ruslan ^b   Mazor, Moshe ^a   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Pregnancy and delivery outcomes; Recurrent miscarriage; Recurrent pregnancy losses; RPL

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMARY RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANTICOAGULANTS; APGAR SCORE; COHORT STUDIES; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84869484105     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0295     Document Type: Article

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