Non-visualized pregnancy losses are prognostically important for unexplained recurrent miscarriage

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 931-937

  Kolte, A M ^a   Van Oppenraaij, R H ^b   Quenby, S ^c   Farquharson, R G ^d   Stephenson, M ^e   Goddijn, M ^f   Christiansen, O B ^a,g  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biochemical pregnancy loss; non visualized pregnancy loss; pregnancy of unknown location; recurrent miscarriage; retrospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONVISUALIZED PREGNANCY LOSS; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT ABORTION; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; DENMARK; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898847375     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu042     Document Type: Article

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