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THE CAUSE OF THE FALL IN SERUM FOLATE IN NORMAL PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Hall Marion H.,
Pirani B. B. K.,
Campbell Doris
Publication year - 1976
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.1471-0528.1976.tb00794.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , obstetrics , physiology , biology , genetics
Summary Study of a complete antenatal population, a group of normal primigravid singleton pregnancies, and a group of normal twin pregnancies, suggests that the fall in the serum folate concentration which occurs in normal pregnancy is due principally to plasma volume expansion and should therefore be regarded as physiological.