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Salivary oestriol in normal and abnormal pregnancies
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04739.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 91, Issue 12, pages 1210–1215, December 1984
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TRURAN, P. L., READ, G. F. and PEARSON, J. F. (1984), Salivary oestriol in normal and abnormal pregnancies. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 91: 1210–1215. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1984.tb04739.x
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- Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
- Received 16 January 1984; Accepted 4 April n
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Summary. Profiles of daily salivary oestriol concentrations throughout the third trimester of pregnancy have been constructed for 14 normal and 11 abnormal pregnancies. Day-to-day variations were significantly higher than those reported for unconjugated oestriol in plasma or serum. A sustained decline in salivary oestriol concentrations was observed in one pregnancy in which intrauterine death occurred. Sustained falls were also observed in two pregnancies in which a healthy infant was born at term. In all other patients a normal salivary oestriol profile correlated with a favourable outcome. Salivary oestriol measurements provide similar information to plasma unconjugated oestriol measurements while offering the advantages of a simple, non-invasive sample collection procedure.