Objective To determine whether there is an association between early recurrent miscarriage (before 10 weeks of pregnancy) and Factor V Leiden and G20210A prothrombin mutations. Design A prospective study.Setting Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Saint Antoine Hospital, Paris, France.Population Two groups of women: those with early unexplained recurrent miscarriage before 10 weeks of pregnancy (n ¼ 260) and control healthy women without a previous history of thromboembolism (n ¼ 240). Methods Screening for defects in the protein C anticoagulant pathway was performed using the anticoagulant response to agkistrodon confortrix venom (ACV test). Protein C and Factor V Leiden mutation testing was performed for each low ACV level. Each sample was tested for the G20210A prothrombin mutation. Results Factor V Leiden and G20210A mutations were found to be associated with early recurrent spontaneous miscarriage before 10 weeks of pregnancy, the odds ratios being 2.4 (95% CI 1-5) and 2.7 (95% CI 1-7), respectively. Similar results were found whether or not women had had a previous live birth. Conclusions Early recurrent miscarriage before 10 weeks of pregnancy is significantly associated with Factor V or G20210A prothrombin mutations. These results indicate a possible role for anticoagulant prevention in these early miscarriages.
The success of allopregnancy in mice with circulating anti-paternal CTLs and deficient Fas/Fas ligand interactions rules out a mandatory role for such a mechanism in ensuring the success of allogeneic pregnancy.
Our results show that in patients with anorexia nervosa, there are lower levels of specific cytokines (especially IL-2 and TGF-beta2). These levels may reflect the combination of impaired nutrition and weight loss, therefore, the dysregulation of these cytokines may contribute in anorexia's complications. Follow-up studies should examine the effects of parameters such as starvation, psychopathologic factors, and psychoneuroendocrinological perturbation which could affect interplay between cytokines, neuropeptides, and neurotransmitters.
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