Plasma Steroids in the Foetal and Maternal Circulation at Normal Delivery and Elective Caesarean Section
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 57 (2) , 121-124
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016347809155888
Abstract
Maternal and fetal plasma collected at normal delivery and at elective cesarean section was assayed for sex steroid levels. Fetal cord plasma concentrations of progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone, estrone and estriol were higher than maternal values at normal delivery, whereas estradiol levels were lower. Estrone concentrations were higher than estradiol in the fetal circulation at normal delivery and estrone values were higher following normal delivery than at elective caesarean section.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: