Thrombophilia and adverse pregnancy outcome.

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The hemostatic system plays an important role in three crucial stages of pregnancy: ovulation, implantation, and placentation. A thrombophilic defect is an abnormality in the coagulation pathways that predisposes an individual to thrombosis. Pregnancy is a hypercoaguable state and interest has focused on the potential role that thrombophilic defects may play in the etiology not only of recurrent miscarriage but...

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