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DARK BROWN AMNIOTIC FLUID—IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTING PIGMENTS
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01220.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 88, Issue 6, pages 632–634, June 1981
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How to Cite
Legge, M. (1981), DARK BROWN AMNIOTIC FLUID—IDENTIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTING PIGMENTS. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 88: 632–634. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb01220.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received August 7, 1980/Accepted December 12, 1980.
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Summary
A total of 208 second trimester amniotic fluid samples were examined visually and spectrophotometrically for pigmentation. Of these, 15 samples had dark brown colouration. Fourteen of the 15 samples had chemically detectable haemoglobin derived pigments and one had meconium only. All 15 of the pigmented amniotic fluid samples had haemoglobin A and eight also had haemoglobin F. None of the remaining 193 amniotic fluid samples contained abnormal pigmentation. Four of the pregnancies from which the dark brown amniotic fluid was obtained failed to continue to term; in three of these myoglobin was detected.