title: Amniotic fluid prolactin levels and lecithin/sphingomyelin ratios during the third trimester of human gestation.
abstract: Prolactin levels in amniotic fluid during the third trimester of human pregnancy showed a wide range of values. There was no apparent correlation between amniotic fluid prolactin concentrations (AF PRL) and lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratios nor was there a prolactin concentration associated with a mature L/S ratio. There was no correlation between AF PRL concentration and estimated gestational age or neonatal birth weight. In patients with diabetes mellitus (White Classes A to C), AF PRL were higher prior to 37 weeks, or when the L/S ratio was less than 2, than after 37 weeks, or when the L/S ratio was greater than 2.
mesh_terms: D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005325:Fetal Organ Maturity; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011388:Prolactin / Q000032:analysis*; D013109:Sphingomyelins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013109:Sphingomyelins; D011388:Prolactin