Abortion (early abortion, before the 16th week of pregnancy)
| Description | Genetic cause (50 – 60 %): Chromosome-analysis Endocrine cause (10 – 15 %): Corpus luteum-insufficiency: Progesterone (low progesterone-levels can be caused by hydatid mole), hypothyroidism, diabetes, hyperandrogenemia Infections (3 – 5 %): Chlamydia (PCR), varicella-zoster-virus, parvovirus B19, rubella, toxoplasmosis, HSV, bacterial cervicitis (B-streptococcus, enterococcus, staphylococcus aureus and others), treponemes, listeria, mycoplasma hominis, ureaplasma urealyticum Others: Amnion-detachment from the chorion (5 – 10 %), cervical insufficiency (8 – 15 %), endometriosis, placenta-problems, anatomic abnormalities of the uterus (1 – 3 %, i.e. synechia, uterine myoma and others) |
