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Spontaneous abortion–high risk factor for neural tube defects in subsequent pregnancy
1 Jun 1994
Abstract excerpt
An increased spontaneous abortion rate has been observed in pregnancies preceding that of fetuses or newborn infants with neural tube defects (NTDs). There are 2 suggested explanations for this observation. One is that a trophoblastic cell rest, remaining from a previous aborted pregnancy, interferes with normal embryogenesis. The second is that the previous lost fetus was affected with NTD. We studied the...
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