Open AccessImpact of the sex of first child on the prognosis in secondary recurrent miscarriage
Author(s) -
Ole Bjarne Christiansen,
Bjørn Panyella Pedersen,
Henriette Svarre Nielsen,
AnneMarie Nybo Andersen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/deh516
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , miscarriage , pregnancy , fetus , obstetrics , live birth , sex ratio , infertility , gynecology , population , biology , genetics , environmental health
The carriage of a male fetus often initiates maternal immunological reactions against male-specific minor histocompatibility (HY) antigens, which, in theory, could result in subsequent recurrent miscarriage (RM).
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