IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 8 / Issue 2 / pii/1634262079673-1720206547

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Original Research
Amniotic fluid prolactin and fetal lung maturity
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1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Genova (Italy)
2 Institute of Public Health, University of Genova (Italy)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1981, 8(2), 50–53;
Published: 10 June 1981
Abstract

Prolactin concentration and palmitic acid/stearic acid ratio were measured in 92 samples of amniotic fluid at various gestational ages. There was no correlation between prolactin concentration and palmitic acid/stearic acid ratio, when this ratio was greater than 5, that is when there was an obvious indication that fetal pulmonary maturation was complete. On the contrary there was a statistically significant negative correlation between prolactin levels and palmitic acid/stearic acid ratio when this ratio was lower than 5 (incomplete fetal pulmonary maturation).
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