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Sperm Quality Linked to Some Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Publish date:: March 29, 2019

Key clinical point: Sperm abnormalities may play a role in some cases of recurrent pregnancy loss.

Major finding: Mean seminal reactive oxidative stress was four times higher than that in controls (9.3 vs. 2.3 relative light units/sec per 10⁶ sperm; P less than .05).

Data source: Matched-control comparison

Disclosures: Dr. Dimakopoulou and her colleagues reported no relevant financial relationships.

Citation:

Dimakopoulou AP et al. ENDO 2019, Session OR18-5.

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