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IMPAIRMENT OF INTRAUTERINE GROWTH‐ EARLY WARNING BY CERVICAL MUCUS FERNING
Author(s) -
Macdonald R. R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb11890.x
Subject(s) - mucus , pregnancy , medicine , cervical mucus , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , excretion , gynecology , physiology , hormone , endocrinology , biology , ovulation , ecology , genetics , physics , optics
Summary Patients considered to be at extra risk of fetal loss because of previous history were assessed throughout pregnancy for hormone deficiency by cervical mucus smears, vaginal cytology and total oestrogen excretion. There was a significantly higher incidence of light‐for‐dates babies when cervical mucus ferning was noted early in pregnancy and persisted or recurred after 16 weeks. Early detection of‘placental insufficiency’by ferning in the mucus would allow closer study of the factors which impair intrauterine growth.