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Relation between the birthweight and cord, maternal serum and amniotic fluid growth hormone levels
Author(s) -
Ayhan A.,
Yüce K.,
Bilgin T.,
Yüce A.,
Koray Z.,
Duyar O.,
Erdem G.
Publication year - 1991
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(91)90662-o
Subject(s) - medicine , amniotic fluid , gestational age , fetus , fetal weight , obstetrics , cord blood , fetal growth , cord , pregnancy , birth weight , physiology , endocrinology , biology , surgery , genetics
Maternal and cord serum and amniotic fluid growth hormone (GH) levels were measured in 55 term pregnancies in order to evaluate the role of GH in prenatal fetal somatic growth. The study group consisted of patients who had small, large, and average for gestational age infants. The difference in mean maternal and cord serum and amniotic fluid GH levels between the three weight groups were found to be insignificant. It is concluded that GH does not influence fetal somatic growth.