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8979102

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-2-28
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, serum placental ferritin (PLF) levels were measured among 33 pregnant women with normal, singleton, ongoing first-trimester gestations and compared with 22 nonbleeding, missed and 14 incomplete abortions. Diagnoses were based on clinical, sonographic, endocrinologic and histopathologic criteria. At admission and before uterine evacuation of the pregnancy products, venous blood was collected from the groups for PLF determination. The mean +/- SD serum PLF levels were 18 +/- 14, 21 +/- 37, and 3.9 +/- 6.2 U/ml in normal gestations, missed and incomplete abortions, respectively. Significant differences in PLF levels were found among normal pregnancies and incomplete abortions (p < 0.05), whereas borderline significance was found in the missed abortion group (p = 0.53). No correlation was found between serum beta hCG and PLF for the various pregnancy groups. Low PLF levels in pathologic gestation may reflect abnormal trophoblastic activity. Whether these play a causal role or are the casual outcome of pathologic gestation should be the subject of further evaluation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0378-7346
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Placental isoferritin patterns during first-trimester intrauterine gestation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zrifin, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article