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Amniotic fluid lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio in high risk pregnancy
1Department of Obstetric & Gynecology, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Proceedings of the National Science Council, Republic of China. Part B, Life Sciences
|October 1, 1988
Abstract:
The amniotic fluid lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio from 128 cases of high risk pregnancies were measured by using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The L/S ratio was found to be increased in patients with pre-eclampsia, hypertension, intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), prolonged rupture of membranes (PROM), and twin gestation, but decreased in patients with diabetes from gestational diabetes to class C. In patients with placenta previa, the L/S ratio was not affected.