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Chromosomal analysis was performed on products of conception from 18 patients having early pregnancy loss after assisted reproduction. Sonographic findings prior to obtaining tissue varied from gestational sacs consistent with a blighted ovum to fetal poles with cardiac activity. The mean age of the patients was 36.3 years. There were nine (50%) normal karyotypes, five (28%) autosomal trisomies, two cases of tetraploidy, one case of monosomy, and a case with two pericentric inversions. The results of this study suggest that patients undergoing assisted reproduction are not at an increased risk for chromosomal abnormalities.
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Shields, L.E., Serafini, P.C., Schenken, R.S. et al. Chromosomal analysis of pregnancy losses in patients undergoing assisted reproduction. J Assist Reprod Genet 9, 57–60 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01204116
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01204116