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It is generally accepted that about 15% of all recognised pregnancies are miscarried, or aborted before the 28th week, most before the 12th week, and if we were able to measure embryonic death rates immediately after fertilisation this proportion would be considerably higher. There is a large number of causes for such losses, including anomalies of the embryonic or fetal karyotype; major fetal malformations; fetal infections; the presence of chronic maternal illness; maternal uterine anomalies and hormonal or immunological problems.
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Alberman, E. (1988). The epidemiology of repeated abortion. In: Sharp, F., Beard, R.W. (eds) Early Pregnancy Loss. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1658-5_2
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