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PREGNANCY‐ASSOCIATED PLASMA PROTEIN B (PAPP‐B) IN NORMAL AND ABNORMAL PREGNANCIES AT TERM
Author(s) -
Lin TM.,
Halbert S. P.,
Spellacy W. N.
Publication year - 1978
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.1471-0528.1978.tb14942.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy associated plasma protein a , pregnancy , term (time) , obstetrics , medicine , andrology , gestation , biology , first trimester , physics , genetics , quantum mechanics
Summary At term, the pregnancy‐associated plasma protein B (PAPP‐B) level in normal pregnancy was correlated with placental and newborn weights, but not with nine other normal obstetric variables. It was lower in pregnancies complicated by diabetes or severe toxaemia, and higher in twin pregnancies.