The importance of genetic counseling in couples complaining from habitual abortions

Abstract

Objective: To study the aborted material of patients complaining from habitual abortion. Study Design: Aborted materials obtained from ninety patients, having $\geq3$ spontaneous pregnancy losses, and the parents of the cases that balanced chromosomal translocations were diagnosed were included in this study for cytogenetic analysis. Results: Spontaneous aborted materials were studied and in 8.8% of the materials structural chromosomal abnormalities were found. Conclusion: Prenatal and postnatal cytogenetic analysis of balanced translocation carriers is very important for genetic counseling of their families and relatives.