title: Placental lactogen in pregnant Natal Indian diabetic patients.
abstract: The plasma levels of human placental lactogen (HPL) in healthy and in diabetic pregnant Natal Indians were studied. The plasma HPL pattern in the control group was similar to that recorded in the literature and reconfirmed the increase in HPL during normal pregnancy. The plasma HPL of the pregnant diabetics was usually within 1 standard deviation of the mean normal value for that duration of pregnancy. HPL excess could not be incriminated as a cause for the disturbed metabolism in the women with diabetes.
mesh_terms: D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D010928:Placental Lactogen / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood*; D013019:South Africa; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010928:Placental Lactogen