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  • Title: Data on families of chromosome translocation carriers ascertained because of habitual spontaneous abortion.
    Author: Smith A, Gaha TJ.
    Journal: Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol; 1990 Feb; 30(1):57-62. PubMed ID: 2346453.
    Abstract:
    Cytogenetic studies were performed on 1,180 individuals--490 couples + 200 females presenting with habitual spontaneous abortion (HSA). These revealed 24 abnormal results (2.03%)--15 were apparently balanced reciprocal translocations and 9 were Robertsonian translocations. Of 97 pregnancies among the translocation carriers, there were 10 living children and 87 pregnancy losses--a loss rate of 89.7%. There were 11 familial translocations. In 10 familial cases with a full family tree, there were 27 spontaneous abortions and 64 livebirths among the 30 adult translocation carrier relatives--a loss rate of 29.6%. This is twice the risk found in the general population but not as high as in the probands, who had 6 times the abortion rate in the general population. Mechanisms are suggested for this difference. The subsequent pregnancy history of 12 index translocation couples showed an apparently improved pregnancy outcome with 13 further fetal losses and 13 living children, over a follow-up time per patient ranging from 1-5.5 years. However, when the pregnancy losses at ascertainment were combined with postascertainment losses, the overall rate of pregnancy loss remained the same.
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