Recurrent pregnancy loss in the modern world (literature review)

Abstract

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is the loss of two or more pregnancies of reproductive women. This problem affects approximately 1‒2% of couples and has not the tendency to decrease. Several etiology factors of RPL have been described so far. The objective of this review is to evaluate the impact of different risk factors on the outcome of RPL.

Keywords

recurrent pregnancy loss / obesity / vitamin D / alcohol

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