[Anencephaly and prolonged pregnancy. Apropos of the etiology of prolonged pregnancy].
The authors report on a study carried out in the University Clinic of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in Rabat on 13 cases of anencephaly without hydramnios in which post-maturity occurred. This gives them an opportunity of pointing out: --that there is a raised level of anencephaly in Morocco: --that the male sex is more commonly affected with anencephaly associated with post-maturity. And they wish to go through: --the physiological theories that are concerned with the role of the fetus in the onset of labour: --and the screening that has become possible since ultrasound and estimation of alpha-feto-protein levels have been in use, and that these should be used systematically in all pregnant women before they deliver an infant with a central nervous system malformation.
D000367:Age Factors; D000757:Anencephaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007745:Labor Onset; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011273:Pregnancy, Prolonged; D012737:Sex Factors
Anencéphalie et grossessse prolongée. A propos d'une étilogie de la grossesse prolongée.