Genetic Approach to Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL), also called recurrent abortion (RA), or a recurrent spontaneous miscarriage, is practically defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses of clinically recognized pregnancies up to 20 weeks of gestation without taking into account ectopic, molar and biochemical pregnancies. This definition applies to indications for clinical treatment in many developed countries. The reason was a decrease in the number of babies born in each family. The incidence of RPL should be approximately 1 in 300 pregnancies, based on the frequency of sporadic pregnancy loss. RPL brings not only grief for the patient, but also physical damage to female reproductive organs and affects 2-5% of all couples. Read more