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The success of the treatment of RPL/RIF depends greatly on the diagnosis. Even after doing all the investigations to find out the cause of RPL/RIF, in almost 50% of cases, the underlying cause cannot be pinpointed. These cases are labeled as “unexplained” RPL/RIF. It is in these patients, that the underlying cause can be alloimmune rejection of pregnancy. In this “unexplained” group, the presence of alloimmune factors can be found by certain immunological tests, which have diagnostic value. However, more standardization of these tests is required.
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Raut, M., Raut, M. (2022). Diagnosis of Alloimmune Factor. In: Lymphocyte Immunization Therapy (LIT) in Reproductive Failures. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2960-1_5
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