Failure of placenta to produce hPL in an otherwise uneventful pregnancy: a case report.
We report a further case of human placental lactogen (hPL) deficiency associated with a normal pregnancy. To our knowledge this is the first report in which the examination of placenta by means of the immunoperoxidase technique confirmed that hPL was absent from the trophoblast.
D000328:Adult; D002824:Chorionic Villi / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D010920:Placenta / Q000378:metabolism*; D010928:Placental Lactogen / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy / Q000097:blood*
D010928:Placental Lactogen