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Article: Researchers find hormone link in miscarriages
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- November 12, 1990
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LONDON A simple blood test conducted before pregnancy might
identify women at high risk of miscarriage, according to research
published in a British medical journal.
Writing in the current edition of the Lancet, published
Saturday, the researchers said it was the first time that measuring
hormone levels before a woman conceived had been found to predict
whether a pregnancy would be carried to term.
The doctors tested for the luteinizing hormone, which controls
ovulation.
Dr. Lesley Regan, Dr. Elisabeth Owen and Professor Howard Jacobs
tested 193 women planning to become pregnant. The women ranged in
age from 21 to 43, with a median age of 30.7.
The obstetricians, from the Rosie ...