THE LIPIDS OF SERUM IN PREGNANCY 1

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The lipids and precipitable iodine of the serum of 34 normal women and 5 with medically treated hyperthyroidism were measured at intervals during pregnancy and after delivery. The lipids may decline slightly in the early weeks of pregnancy. After about the 12th week they rise progressively until delivery, thereafter declining at a variable rate. In this rise total and free cholesterol and phospholipids participate proportionally, maintaining their normal relations to one another. Neutral fat rises proportionally far more than the other Hpid fractions and declines more rapidly than the others after delivery.

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