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Article: Nearly a third of spontaneous abortions carry evidence of microbial infection.
- Article from:
- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- December 17, 2003
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2003 DEC 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nearly a third of spontaneous abortions carry evidence of microbial infection.
"Some evidence suggests that intrauterine infection plays a major role in the pathogenesis of early pregnancy loss, but the implication and prevalence of microrganisms in the etiology of spontaneous abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy has not yet been well established. In this study, we analyzed the tissues relative to the product of conception from abortions during the first trimester (51 spontaneous abortions and 56 voluntary pregnancy interruptions) in women attending the Gynecological Sciences Perinatology and Puericulture ...