Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) can be defined as having two or more pregnancy losses.Fetal death after the 24th week of gestation is defined as stillbirth.In most cases, RPL has now known etiology.Causes may include anatomical defects, infections, and thrombophilia.Thrombophilia has several causes, such as the MTHFR gene mutation leading to hyperhomocysteinemia. Inbreeding and consanguineous marriage may also correlate with a higher incidence of stillbirth.We report a case of a young female who has a multi-factorial RPL.
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