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Miscarriage : Causes

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Causes could include:

Abnormal immune response

Maternal infection

Most miscarriages occur when the unborn baby has deadly genetic problems. Usually, these problems are unrelated to the mother. Other possible causes for miscarriage include: Infection; Physical problems in the mother; Hormonal factors; Immune resp...

Source:ADAM

Date:September 19, 2006

Miscarriage

A miscarriage is the loss of an embryo or fetus before the twentieth week of pregnancy . A pregnancy loss after the twentieth week is called a stillbirth.

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health

Miscarriage

Although it may be psychologically difficult, if a woman has a miscarriage at home she should try to collect any material she passes in a clean container for analysis in a laboratory. This may help determine why the miscarriage occurred. An incomp...

Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine