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ArticleRevista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia2024

Prevalence of karyotype alterations in couples with recurrent pregnancy loss in a tertiary center in Brazil.

Elaine Cristina Fontes de Oliveira, Ines Katerina Damasceno Cavallo Cruzeiro, Cezar Antônio Abreu de Souza, Fernando Marcos Reis

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Article in Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Elaine Cristina Fontes de OliveiraHospital das Clínicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo HorizonteMG Brazil Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8525-0575
Ines Katerina Damasceno Cavallo CruzeiroHospital das Clínicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo HorizonteMG Brazil Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-5796
Cezar Antônio Abreu de SouzaHospital das Clínicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo HorizonteMG Brazil Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4321-1951
Fernando Marcos ReisHospital das Clínicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo HorizonteMG Brazil Hospital das Clínicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6760-1084

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Abstract

Objective: To assess the prevalence and type of chromosomal abnormalities in Brazilian couples with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and compare the clinical characteristics of couples with and without chromosome abnormalities. Methods: We assessed the medical records of 127 couples with a history of two or more miscarriages, referred to a tertiary academic hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from January 2014 to May 2023. Karyotype was generated from peripheral blood lymphocyte cultures, and cytogenetic analysis was performed according to standard protocols by heat-denatured Giemsa (RHG) banding. Results: Abnormal karyotypes were detected in 10 couples (7.8%). The prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities was higher among females (6.3%) compared to males (2.0%), but this difference was not statistically significant (p=0.192). The mean number of miscarriages was. 3.3 ± 1.1 in couples with chromosome abnormalities and 3.1 ± 1.5 in couples without chromosome abnormalities (p=0.681). Numerical chromosomal anomalies (6 cases) were more frequent than structural anomalies. Four women presented low-grade Turner mosaicism. No differences were found between couples with and without karyotype alterations, except for maternal age, which was higher in the group with chromosome alterations. Conclusion: The prevalence of parental chromosomal alterations in our study was higher than in most series described in the literature and was associated with increased maternal age. These findings suggest that karyotyping should be part of the investigation for Brazilian couples with RPL, as identifying the genetic etiology may have implications for subsequent pregnancies.

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Abortion, HabitualTertiary Care CentersAbnormal KaryotypeAdultBrazilChromosome AberrationsFemaleHumansKaryotypingMalePregnancyPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesYoung AdultAbortion habitualAbortion, spontaneousChromosome aberrationsKaryotypeTranslocation genetic

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