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PATHWAYS OF WATER EXCHANGE IN THE FETOPLACENTAL UNIT AT MID-PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb11893.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 79, Issue 12, pages 1099–1102, December 1972
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Abramovich, D. R. and Page, K. R. (1972), PATHWAYS OF WATER EXCHANGE IN THE FETOPLACENTAL UNIT AT MID-PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 79: 1099–1102. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1972.tb11893.x
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Summary
The pathways of water exchange between liquor amnii and the fetoplacental unit were examined in vivo in pregnancies of 14 to 22 weeks’gestation. Fetal skin permeability appears to decrease with increasing fetal size while the umbilical cord becomes an increasingly important site from 18 weeks. The fetal surface of the placenta appears to be important as a site of water exchange.