Evaluation of an automated direct fluorometric method for determination of total estrogens in pregnancy urine.
The value of urinary estriol as a measure of placental function has been previously established. The authors have modified to total automation a previously published method. The method operates at an analytical rate of 30 samples per hour. Results are expressed as mg. estrogen/gm. creatinine (E/C). In normal pregnancy values rise from a mean of 18 at 31 weeks gestation of 43 at term.
D000757:Anencephaly / Q000175:diagnosis; D001322:Autoanalysis; D003404:Creatinine / Q000652:urine; D004967:Estrogens / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000379:methods*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods
D004967:Estrogens; D003404:Creatinine