The Role of Complement in Pregnancy and Fetal Loss

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In the United States, between 1 and 3% of women suffer recurrent miscarriages; 50-70% of all conceptions fail. Although in the majority of affected women the cause of recurrent miscarriages is unknown, an immune mechanism involving the inappropriate and subsequently injurious recognition of the conceptus by the mother's immune system has been proposed. Murine models have recently been developed that are relevant...

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