RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS

Citation
Hh. Hatasaka et Mw. Varner, RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS, Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology, 6(6), 1994, pp. 503-509
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
ISSN journal
1040872X
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
503 - 509
Database
ISI
SICI code
1040-872X(1994)6:6<503:RPL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Recurrent pregnancy loss is a frustrating clinical dilemma for both pa tients and physicians because, in most cases, causes are nebulous and few treatments with proven benefit can be offered. Involved, expensive tests have frequently been proposed and their use has often filtered into clinical practice before their utility has been firmly demonstrat ed. Proposed causes of recurrent pregnancy loss include genetic and en vironmental etiologies, infectious agents, maternal congenital and acq uired anatomic abnormalities, and immunologic and endocrinologic dysfu nction. Appropriate management relies upon a realistic understanding o f the often substantial limitations of currently available therapies.