Diagnosaurus
Recurrent abortion
Etiology
- Luteal phase insufficiency (insufficient progesterone)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hypothyroidism
- Congenital anatomic lesion, eg, septate uterus
- Acquired anatomic lesion, eg, incompetent cervix, intrauterine adhesions, submucous uterine leiomyoma (fibroid)
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome or other hypercoagulable state
- Balanced chromosomal translocation
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Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Recurrent Abortion." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114871/all/Recurrent_abortion.
Zeiger RFR. Recurrent abortion. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114871/all/Recurrent_abortion. Accessed March 28, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Recurrent abortion. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114871/all/Recurrent_abortion
Zeiger RFR. Recurrent Abortion [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 March 28]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114871/all/Recurrent_abortion.
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