Research methodology in recurrent pregnancy loss.

Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am

Fertility Clinic 4071, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aalborg University Hospital, Reberbansgade, DK-9000, Aalborg, Denmark. Electronic address:

Published: March 2014

The aim of this article is to highlight pitfalls in research methodology that may explain why studies in recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) often provide very divergent results. It is hoped that insight into this issue may help clinicians decide which published studies are the most valid. It may help researchers to eliminate methodological flaws in future studies, which may hopefully come to some kind of agreement about the usefulness of diagnostic tests and treatments in RPL.

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