256 Amniotic fluid spectrophotometry is useful after 20 weeks gestation in the care of pregnancies complicated by red blood cell isoimmunization

1991 ◽  
Vol 164 (1) ◽  
pp. 317
1958 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Dancis ◽  
Gordon Olsen ◽  
Gladys Folkart

The transfer of l-histidine and d-xylose across the placenta and into the red blood cell and amniotic fluids was investigated in the guinea pig to see if a correlation existed that might be adapted to a measure of placental function. There was a rough correlation in the permeability of the red blood cell and the placenta to both substances but it was not constant. Insufficient l-histidine was transferred into the amniotic fluid under the conditions of these experiments to be accurately measured. d-Xylose was demonstrable in the amniotic fluid in relatively low concentrations, but there was no evident relation to placental permeability.


1986 ◽  
Vol 155 (3) ◽  
pp. 574-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Berkowitz ◽  
Usha Chitkara ◽  
James D. Goldberg ◽  
Isabelle Wilkins ◽  
Frank A. Chervenak ◽  
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