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Research Article| Volume 12, ISSUE 3, P393-410, September 1992

Use of the Laboratory in Infertility and Recurrent Spontaneous Miscarriage

  • Samuel Smith
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to: Samuel Smith, MD, Department of Obstetrics, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Suite 206 Weinberg Bldg, 2411 W. Belvedere Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21215
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    From the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology-Infertility, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)30496-7
Use of the Laboratory in Infertility and Recurrent Spontaneous Miscarriage
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      The laboratory is an important contributor to patient evaluation for infertility or recurrent spontaneous miscarriage. Hormonal determinations, cultures for microorganisms, andrology tests, immunologic tests, karyotype analysis, and histopathology are valuable components of laboratory evaluation. The use of clinical laboratory tests must be integrated with other clinical and radiologic studies.
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