title: [Abortion etiologies and their forensic identification].
abstract: The causes of abortion are complicated and variable. Genetic abnormalities, immune disorders, endocrine disorders, and sperm abnormalities are the most common etiologies. Other risk factors include infections, genital malformation and diseases, systemic diseases, environmental factors, psychiatric problems, fections, genital malformation and diseases, systemic diseases, environmental factors, psychiatric problems, surgery, and maternal trauma. In forensic assessment of abortion and its etiology, trauma-induced abortion can only be determined after exclusion of all other non-traumatic causes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China.
authors.forename: Xin-an
authors.initials: XA
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ji-hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications*