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E Kapeć

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PubMed1998

[Fibronectin pattern in the first and second trimester of normal pregnancy].

Studied were 25 healthy gravidae in the first or second trimester of pregnancy. Plasma fibronectin (pFN) was assayed in maternal blood serum and the fetal fibronectin (fFN) was quantified in cervico-vaginal secretion. The highest level of fFN was found in the cervico-vaginal secretion of the 1st trimester gravidae while the pFN levels gradually raised to reach its peak between 21 and 24 gestational weeks.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1998

[Fibronectin levels in threatened abortion].

Studied were 25 healthy gravidae in the first or second trimester of pregnancy and 28 women with threatened abortion (TA). Plasma fibronectin (pFN) was assayed in maternal blood serum and the fetal fibronectin (fFN) was quantified in cervico-vaginal secretion. Patients with imminent abortion had significantly elevated levels of both pFN and fFN as compared with women with uncomplicated pregnancy. Within the TA group of patients, vaginal bleeding and/or trophoblast was associated with significant increase in fibronectin levels.

Abortion, Threatened↗
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The associations between serum alpha-1-antitrypsin level and the whole blood contents of trace metals in normal women in reproductive age.

The concentration of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin (A-1-AT) in the blood serum was measured by single radial immunodiffusion in 21 healthy women in reproductive age. Simultaneously the whole blood levels of cadmium, lead, copper and zinc were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry. Serum A-1-AT correlated significantly with blood copper (r = 0.55, p less than 0.01). The importance of quantitative relations between "acute phase reactants" in blood serum and the blood trace metals is discussed from the point of view of reproductive medicine.

Adult↗