title: Amniotic fluid prolactin levels in rhesus isoimmunized patients.
abstract: The concentration of prolactin in the amniotic fluid (AFPRL) was measured in 75 samples obtained in the third trimester of 14 isoimmunized women. There was a uniform decline in prolactin levels with advancing gestation in each pregnancy (r = -0.89 to -0.99). The decline in AFPRL was similar in uncomplicated pregnancies. AFPRL levels were not predictive of umbilical cord hemoglobin or bilirubin levels and amniotic fluid lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Baxi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fairne
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Frantz
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Freda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011388:Prolactin / Q000032:analysis*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism; D012203:Rh Isoimmunization / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism*; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013109:Sphingomyelins; D011388:Prolactin