Non-pregnant maternal plasma volume and fetal growth retardation.
The hypothesis that low maternal blood volume is an aetiological factor in fetal growth retardation was considered. It was found that a high proportion of women who had repeatedly given birth to small-for-dates babies had a low non-pregnant plasma volume.
D001724:Birth Weight; D001835:Body Weight; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010953:Plasma Volume; D011247:Pregnancy