title: Blood chemistry of human fetuses in the second and third trimesters.
abstract: Six biochemical parameters and four enzyme activities were determined from the serum of 76 healthy and 56 pathological human fetuses between the 20th and 38th week of pregnancy. In the normal fetuses studied within that period, creatinine, immunoglobulin M, lactate dehydrogenase, and gamma-glutamyltransferase increased; haemoglobin F and glucose progressively decreased; and alkaline phosphatase was at a peak around the 26th week; cholesterol and triglycerides were always low. The same parameters were also measured in some of the pathological fetuses and compared with their normal counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Biochemistry Laboratory, Hôtel-Dieu, Rennes, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Legras
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clerc
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruelland
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vialard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Millon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cloarec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000737:chemistry*; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D006884:Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D007621:Karyotyping; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D012016:Reference Values; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000097:blood; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014280:Triglycerides; D002784:Cholesterol; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D006884:Hydroxybutyrate Dehydrogenase; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase