Biochemistry testing associated with pregnancy and the newborn period -- a lot has changed since you were a baby!
Everyone has been a newborn, and everyone's mother has been pregnant. Despite the commonality of these events, medical care and the clinical chemistry laboratory's role in it have changed remarkably over the last 50 years. This review is a historical overview of clinical chemistry testing that is related to pregnancy and the newborn period.
Thorlacius
Laurel S
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Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. laurel.thorlacius@dkml.com
Blakney
George
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Krahn
John
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Bamforth
Fiona
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Higgins
Trefor N
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D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000378:metabolism; D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; C030448:hemoglobin Bart's