Dihydrotestosterone levels at midpregnancy and term: a comparison with testosterone concentrations.
Dihydrotestosterone levels in maternal and fetal plasma were unchanged from midpregnancy to term whereas the values in amniotic fluid increased by 75%. There were no sex differences in fetal plasma or amniotic fluid values throughout pregnancy in contrast to the results reported for testosterone levels.
D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D012606:Scotland; D013739:Testosterone / Q000032:analysis; D014900:West Indies / Q000208:ethnology
D013196:Dihydrotestosterone; D013739:Testosterone