Open AccessSelected physicochemical properties of amniotic fluid according to week of pregnancy
Author(s) -
B. Velika,
A. Birkova,
Rastislav Dudič,
Peter Urdzík,
M Mareková
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
bratislavské lekárske listy/bratislava medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1336-0345
pISSN - 0006-9248
DOI - 10.4149/bll_2018_032
Subject(s) - amniotic fluid , transudate , pregnancy , tonicity , chemistry , obstetrics , pathological , urine , fetus , andrology , medicine , biochemistry , biology , pleural fluid , genetics , pleural effusion
A hundred years ago, scientists believed that amniotic fluid is a yellowish hypotonic mixture of foetal urine and maternal transudate with peculiar odour. Current knowledge shows that it represents a dynamic, complex mixture of inorganic and organic compounds.