THE ORIGIN OF AMNIOTIC FLUID LECITHIN
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 82 (3) , 204-207
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00620.x
Abstract
Lecithin has been measured in amniotic fluid, pharyngeal aspirate, fetal and maternal plasma and fetal membranes from the same pregnancy. In the amniotic fluid from a term pregnancy 79 per cent of the lecithin is found in the reconstituted precipitate of centrifuged fluid. It is suggested that the lecithin of amniotic fluid may originate from sources other than fetal lung and that lecithin concentration is therefore a measure of overall fetal maturity.Keywords
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