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Pregnancy‐specific β‐glycoprotein (SP 1 ) in normal pregnancy in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Onyemelukwe G.C.,
Ekwempu C.C.,
Alexander L.C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(85)90032-3
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , gestation , glycoprotein , immunoelectrophoresis , obstetrics , fetus , gynecology , antibody , immunology , biochemistry , biology , genetics
The circulating levels of pregnancy‐specific β 1 ‐glycoprotein (SP 1 ) were measured in 71 normal pregnant women in Northern Nigeria by immunoelectrophoresis. The levels showed a steady rise up to 34 weeks as in Caucasians and then plateaued with a slight fall just before term. The mean individual values were lower than those found in Caucasians at comparable gestation periods. This was throught to be related to the lower mean fetal weight in the Nigerian women.