title: Placental protein 5 (PP5) in complicated pregnancies.
abstract: Maternal serum PP5 concentrations were assayed in pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth retardation, pre-eclampsia, diabetes mellitus, placental abruption and twins. Elevated PP5 levels were noted in twin pregnancies and to a lesser extent in diabetes and pre-eclampsia. Measurement of PP5 was of no value in the detection of fetal growth retardation. The great majority of PP5 levels above the normal range were associated with a placental abnormality.
mesh_terms: D000037:Abruptio Placentae / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000097:blood; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood*; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics / Q000097:blood; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014427:Twins
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D011257:Pregnancy Proteins; C021240:tissue-factor-pathway inhibitor 2