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Published online 9 January 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040105-11
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Predicting miscarriage
A key protein could help tell when a pregnancy will fail, weeks in advance.
A simple protein might predict the chances of a pregnancy ending in miscarriage, say researchers in Australia1.
About half of all fertilized eggs are aborted, often before the woman knows she is pregnant.
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