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Abortion, recurrent

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The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no intervening pregnancies.

Recurrent abortion (or, as it is sometimes called, habitual abortion) is a form of infertility.

It may be due to chromosome abnormalities.

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