Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Leeds Maternity Hospital, Leeds.
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THE PLASMA HALF-LIFE OF PLACENTAL HORMONES
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb15594.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 85, Issue 10, pages 738–747, October 1978
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Klopper, A., Buchan, P. and Wilson, G. (1978), THE PLASMA HALF-LIFE OF PLACENTAL HORMONES. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 85: 738–747. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb15594.x
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- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
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Summay
Blood was collected from 12 women following Caesarean section or normal delivery at term. The decline in plasma concentration of total oestriol, oestriol sulphate, oestriol glucosiduronate, unconjugated oestriol, human placental lactogen and pregnancy specific β1 glycoprotein following delivery of the placenta was studied for 120 hours. The steroids and human placental lactogen fell very rapidly but pregnancy specific β1 glycoprotein declined much more slowly. Analysis of the curves of puerperal decline suggests that the oestriol moieties are distributed in many compartments of the mother but that the proteins penetrate only to the plasma and the interstitial fluid.