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Amniotic fluid prolactin levels in rhesus isoimmunized patients
L V Baxi1, D Fairne, A G Frantz
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
Abstract:
The concentration of prolactin in the amniotic fluid (AFPRL) was measured in 75 samples obtained in the third trimester of 14 isoimmunized women. There was a uniform decline in prolactin levels with advancing gestation in each pregnancy (r = -0.89 to -0.99). The decline in AFPRL was similar in uncomplicated pregnancies. AFPRL levels were not predictive of umbilical cord hemoglobin or bilirubin levels and amniotic fluid lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio.
