Open AccessProgesterone supplementation in women with otherwise unexplained recurrent miscarriages
Author(s) -
Munawar Hussain,
Samawal El-Hakim,
David J Cahill
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of human reproductive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-1208
pISSN - 1998-4766
DOI - 10.4103/0974-1208.106335
Subject(s) - medicine , miscarriage , obstetrics , pregnancy , recurrent miscarriage , context (archaeology) , gestation , gynecology , population , live birth , chi square test , statistical significance , biology , paleontology , statistics , genetics , mathematics , environmental health
Recurrent miscarriages, the loss of three or more consecutive intrauterine pregnancies before 20 weeks of gestation with the same partner, affect 1%-1.5% of the pregnant population. The inadequate secretion of progesterone in early pregnancy has been proposed as a cause of recurrent miscarriages.