ea0038fp8 | (1) | SFEBES2015
Abbara Ali
, Jayasena Channa
, Comninos Alexander
, Narayanaswamy Shakunthala
, Maffe Juan Gonzalez
, Izzi-Engbeaya Chioma
, Oldham Jaimie
, Sarang Zubair
, Malik Zainab
, Harvey Richard
, Dhanjal Mandish
, Williamson Catherine
, Bloom Stephen
, Dhillo Waljit
Background: Miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of pregnancy occurring prior to 24 weeks of gestation, and can be devastating for affected couples. Abnormal placental development is observed in two-thirds of miscarriages. Recently, the circulating placental markers kisspeptin, prokineticin-1 (PK-1), soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFlt1), soluble endoglin (sEng) and placental growth factor (PlGF) have been identified and investigated for potential associations with miscarr...