ALTERATIONS IN THE SERUM REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) - ANTIOXIDANT BALANCE AS A CAUSE FOR RECURRENT PREGNANCY LOSS (RPL) PATHOGENESIS: A PILOT STUDY IN THE NORTHEAST INDIAN POPULATION OF ASSAM

Abstract

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a major pregnancy complication, affecting 7.46% of the Indian population. Although the role of oxidative stress in pregnancy has been extensively studied, only few studies have correlated alterations in oxidative stress with RPL predisposition in women from India. This work, therefore, aims to study the alterations in the ROS-antioxidant levels between the RPL cases and MTP controls and to correlate these alterations with RPL predisposition in the study population.