<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Articles><Article><id>503</id><JournalTitle>ASSESSMENT OF D- DIMER IN SUDANESE WOMEN WITH RECURRENT MISCARRIAGE</JournalTitle><Abstract>D-dimer is a fibrin degradation product (or FDP), a small protein fragment present in the blood after a blood clot is
degraded by fibrinolysis. It is so named because it contains two cross-linked D fragments of the fibrin protein. Recurrent fetal
loss (RPL) is one of the most common causes of sterility. Several studies identified thrombophilia as the principal cause of
recurrent pregnancy loss. During pregnancy, elevated markers of coagulation and fibrinolytic system activation, such as DDimer, indicate increased thrombin activity and increased fibrinolysis following fibrin formation. Testing for D-Dimer during
pregnancy could therefore be useful for the diagnosis and prediction of a venous thromboembolic event (VTE) or pregnancyrelated complications, and for monitoring antithrombotic treatment. This approach, however, is hampered by the fact that
even an uncomplicated pregnancy in healthy women is accompanied by a substantial increase of D-Dimer. Miscarriage is the
unintended loss of pregnancy before the period of viability. The loss of a wanted pregnancy is always distressing to the
mother irrespective of its timing and this is true in recurrent abortion. The present study was aimed to assess D- dimer in
Sudanese Women with Recurrent Miscarriage .This cross sectional study was conducted in Omdurman Maternity Hospital ,
Omdurman Khartoum state during September and October 2015, A total of (50 ) pregnant ladies with at least three
miscarriage were in enrolled in this study. 2.5 ml of veinous blood were collected from each lady in trisodium citrate
anticoagulant container, platelet poor plasma was mixed on the roller mixer machine and centrifuged for 15 minutes at 1500
g. The plasma was collected at the end of centrifugation and used for the D-dimer assay. They were assessed by using
Fluorescence Immunoassay that the measured the D- Dimer concentration in plasma , Clinical data were collected from
patient medical records. The Sudanese women with recurrent miscarriage were aged between 52 and 52 years and The mean
of D-Dimer for the Sudanese women was 2785.2020 Â± 2910.7098.The study revealed a clear relationship between D- dimer
and recurrent abortion</Abstract><Email>ibrahimkh82@gmail.com</Email><articletype>Research</articletype><volume>6</volume><issue>7</issue><year>2016</year><keyword>Fluorescence Immunoassay,Miscarriage,Antithrombotic</keyword><AUTHORS>Mashair Ahmed Dafalla,Ibrahim Khider Ibrahim</AUTHORS><afflication>Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Alneelain University, Khrtoum, Sudan.,Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Alneelain University, Khrtoum, Sudan.</afflication></Article></Articles>