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SERUM CYSTINE AMINOPEPTIDASE AND THE NORMAL WEIGHT BABY IN NORMOTENSIVE AND HYPERTENSIVE PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Chapman L.,
BurrowsPeakin R.,
Rege V. P.,
Silk E.
Publication year - 1975
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.1471-0528.1975.tb00634.x
Subject(s) - cystine , medicine , pregnancy , gestation , aminopeptidase , endocrinology , enzyme , normal group , physiology , obstetrics , chemistry , biology , biochemistry , leucine , amino acid , cysteine , genetics
Summary The levels of serum cystine aminopeptidase have been studied serially in normotensive and hypertensive mothers who delivered healthy, normal weight‐for‐dates babies. A normal range, both for enzyme level and maximum and minimum rates of increase of the enzyme during gestation, was established for each group, those of the hypertensive patients exhibiting different characteristics from the curves in normotensive patients. It is suggested that such differences be considered when assessing pregnancies complicated by hypertension.