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Urinary Oestrogen Excretion in Women With Intra‐uterine Fetal Growth Retardation
Author(s) -
Martin J. D.,
Hähnel R.,
Kean B. P.,
Troy V. G.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1972.tb00804.x
Subject(s) - excretion , fetal distress , fetus , medicine , caesarean section , endocrinology , urinary system , pregnancy , obstetrics , physiology , biology , genetics
Summary: The urinary oestrogen excretion of 50 mothers with confirmed intra‐uterine growth retardation of the fetus was normal in 37, low normal in 4 and low in 9. Although no fetal distress occurred in the women with low oestrogen excretion, 3 required Caesarean section for fetal distress during labour. One fetus died from an obstetric complication when the oestrogen excretion was normal and 2 when the oestrogen excretion was low. Greater care in the timing of delivery in patients with reduced urinary oestrogen excretion should further reduce perinatal mortality.