Prevalence of chronic endometritis in recurrent miscarriages

Kotaro Kitaya

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.061

Prevalence of chronic endometritis in recurrent miscarriages

Fertil Steril. 2011 Mar 1;95(3):1156-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.061. Epub 2010 Oct 28.

Author

Kotaro Kitaya¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. kitaya@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp

PMID: 21030015
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.09.061

Abstract

Chronic endometritis was identified immunohistochemically in 9.3% of patients with recurrent miscarriages (in 12.9% of patients with miscarriages of unknown etiology). Chronic endometritis is not negligible in patients with recurrent miscarriages.

MeSH terms

Abortion, Habitual / epidemiology*
Abortion, Habitual / pathology
Adult
Biopsy
Chronic Disease
Endometritis / epidemiology*
Endometritis / pathology
Female
Humans
Plasma Cells / pathology
Pregnancy
Prevalence
Young Adult