Hereditary thrombophilias are not associated with a decreased live birth rate in women with recurrent miscarriage

Howard Carp, Mordechai Dolitzky, Ilan Tur-Kaspa, Aida Inbal

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Abstract

Objective: To assesses the live birth rate without treatment in women with hereditary thrombophilia who have recurrent miscarriage and women without thrombophilia who have recurrent miscarriage. Design: Prospective observational study. Setting: Tertiary referral unit in university hospital. Patient(s): One hundred twenty women with thrombophilia and 65 women without thrombophilia. Main Outcome Measure(s): Number of live births or repeated miscarriages. Results: Of the 185 patients, 44 with thrombophilia and 26 without thrombophilia have conceived. Nineteen of the 44 pregnancies (43.2%) in thrombophilia patients have terminated in live births, compared with 8 of 26 pregnancies (30.8%) in patients without thrombophilia. This difference is not statistically significant. Conclusions: Hereditary thrombophilia did not seem to affect the live birth rate in women with recurrent miscarriage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)58-62
Number of pages5
JournalFertility and Sterility
Volume78
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 2002

Keywords

  • Habitual abortion
  • Hypercoagulability
  • Recurrent pregnancy loss
  • Thrombophilia

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

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