[Abortion etiologies and their forensic identification].
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.
Zhang
Xin-an
XA
Department of Clinical Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China.
Liu
Ji-hui
JH
Cui
Yong
Y
Tang
Peng
P
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*