title: Biochemistry testing associated with pregnancy and the newborn period -- a lot has changed since you were a baby!
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dynacare Kasper Medical Laboratories, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. laurel.thorlacius@dkml.com
authors.forename: Laurel S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Thorlacius
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blakney
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krahn
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bamforth
authors.forename: Trefor N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Higgins
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; C030448:hemoglobin Bart's