Rare chromosomal rearrangements among couples with recurrent pregnancy loss: An observational study at a tertiary care centre

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared that there is no conflict of interest in this study.

Acknowledgement

We acknowledge the Jubilee Centre for Medical Research (JCMR) for providing all the study facilities.

Funding

The study received no extramural funding.

Authors’ contributions

Saji K.G. and Suresh Kumar Raveendran made the conceptualization; Soumya Raj and Ragitha T.S. conducted the methodology; Bindu Menon and Sareena Gilvaz were responsible for data collection; Soumya Raj, Ragitha T.S., and Suresh Kumar Raveendran carried out data analysis; Saji K.G. contributed to writing original draft version; Soumya Raj and Suresh Kumar Raveendran performed supervision; all the authors were responsible for review and editing.

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