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ISOLATED DEFECT IN HUMAN PLACENTAL LACTOGEN SYNTHESIS IN A NORMAL PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Borody I. B.,
Carlton M. A.
Publication year - 1981
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.1471-0528.1981.tb01011.x
Subject(s) - human placental lactogen , pregnancy , placental lactogen , endocrinology , medicine , fetus , obstetrics , placenta , biology , genetics
Summary A deficiency in the synthesis of human placental lactogen (hPL) was found in a woman in her second pregnancy. Other placental hormone levels were normal. The woman gave birth to a healthy female infant. hPL deficiency is rare and a survey of the literature has revealed only one previous case report which described the birth of a male infant. The present report of a hPL deficiency is the first associated with the birth of a normal female infant.