Open AccessSerum Concentration of Human Placental Lactogenic Hormone (HPL) in Pregnancy Complications
Author(s) -
Seppälä Markku,
Ruoslahti Erkki
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016347009158046
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , human placental lactogen , endocrinology , hormone , obstetrics , placenta , fetus , biology , genetics
. HPL concentration was determined by an immunochemical method from 48 serum samples of 41 women with a complication of pregnancy. While no correlation was found between HPL and pregnancy week, a statistically significant correlation was observed between HPL and oestriol. Placental and infant birth weights had a highly significant correlation with HPL. No significant deviation from the standard was observed in the serum HPL of toxaemia patients, or in HPL of those with prolonged pregnancies or variations in foetal heart rate. Because of great individual variation no general limits could be calculated for maternal serum HPL concentration at 30–42 weeks of pregnancy.