Recurrent pre-clinical pregnancy loss is unlikely to be a 'cause' of unexplained infertility | Zendy

Yvonne E Koot | Zendy; Carolien M. Boomsma | Zendy; Marinus J.C. Eijkemans | Zendy; Eef G.W.M. Lentjes | Zendy; Nicholas S. Macklon | Zendy

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Recurrent pre-clinical pregnancy loss is unlikely to be a 'cause' of unexplained infertility

Author(s) -

Yvonne E Koot,

Carolien M. Boomsma,

Marinus J.C. Eijkemans,

Eef G.W.M. Lentjes,

Nicholas S. Macklon

Publication year - 2011

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/der217

Subject(s) - unexplained infertility , infertility , medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , gynecology , confidence interval , menstrual cycle , urinary system , odds ratio , creatinine , pregnancy test , biology , hormone , genetics

A proportion of women with 'unexplained' infertility may present with subfertility because their pregnancies fail before they are clinically recognized. In order to test whether pre-clinical early pregnancy losses (EPL) occur more frequently in women with unexplained infertility, serial urinary hCG concentrations were measured to compare EPL per cycle rates following spontaneous conception in patients with unexplained infertility versus healthy volunteers.

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