Recurrent Pregnancy Loss

Asher Bashiri, MD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Director, Maternity C, Director, Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Clinic, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel Avi Harlev, MD, Fertility and IVF unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, IsraelAshok Agarwal, PhD, Director, Andrology Center, Director, American Center for Reproductive Medicine, Professor, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

• Part I: Introduction to Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.- Recurrent pregnancy loss: definitions,epidemiology, and prognosis.- Implantation, Physiology of Placentation.- Part II: Causes of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.-  Endocrine abnormalities in RPL.- Genetics of recurrent pregnancyloss.- Inheritedand Acquired Thrombophilias and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes.- Immunological causes of recurrent pregnancy loss.- Anatomical aspects in recurrent pregnancy loss.- Male Factors in Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.-  Lifestyle and RPL.- The common characteristics between Infertility and recurrentpregnancy loss.- Part III: Management of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss. Contemporary Prevention and treatment of recurrentpregnancy loss.- Part IV: Psychological and Supporting Aspects of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss.- The healthcare giver's perspective –The importance of emotional support for women with recurrent RPL.- A Patient's Perspective.- Part V: The Future.- New Frontiers in RPL research and treatment.