Consultant Paediatrician, Department of Paediatrics, Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham B187QH.
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RACIAL VARIATIONS IN TESTS OF FETOPLACENTAL FUNCTION
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00951.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 2, pages 109–114, February 1981
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How to Cite
Bissenden, J. G., Scott, P. H., Hallum, J., Mansfield, H. N., Scott, P. and Wharton, B. A. (1981), RACIAL VARIATIONS IN TESTS OF FETOPLACENTAL FUNCTION. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 109–114. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00951.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received March 12, 1980/Accepted July 24, 1980
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Summary
Fetoplacental function tests discriminated well between poorly grown and well grown fetuses in European mothers. In contrast, apart from human placental lactogen, the individual values of poorly grown Asian fetuses fell within the well grown range. Haemoglobin values rose in the second trimester in European pregnancies associated with poor growth, whereas the values fell in the Asian pregnancies both with well grown and poorly grown fetuses. These observations imply fundamental differences in the aetiology of intrauterine growth retardation in the two races.