PLACENTAL PROTEIN 5 (PP5) IN COMPLICATED PREGNANCIES

  1. A. D. Nisbet1,
  2. R. D. Bremner1,
  3. V. Jandial1,
  4. H. W. Sutherland1,
  5. C. H. W. Horne1,
  6. H. Bohn2

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01022.x

Issue

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 88, Issue 5, pages 492–499, May 1981

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How to Cite

Nisbet, A. D., Bremner, R. D., Jandial, V., Sutherland, H. W., Horne, C. H. W. and Bohn, H. (1981), PLACENTAL PROTEIN 5 (PP5) IN COMPLICATED PREGNANCIES. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 492–499. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01022.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Pathology, University Medical Buildings Foresterhill, Aberdeen, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aberdeen Maternity Hospital Foresterhill, Aberdeen

  2. 2

    Behringwerke AG, Marburg/Lahn, West Germany

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
  3. Received September 8, 1980/Accepted December 12, 1980

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Summary

Maternal serum PP5 concentrations were assayed in pregnancies complicated by intrauterine growth retardation, pre-eclampsia, diabetes mellitus, placental abruption and twins. Elevated PP5 levels were noted in twin pregnancies and to a lesser extent in diabetes and pre-eclampsia. Measurement of PP5 was of no value in the detection of fetal growth retardation. The great majority of PP5 levels above the normal range were associated with a placental abnormality.

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