TY - JOUR
T1 - Placental ratio in pregnancies at different risk for intrauterine growth
AU - Bortolus, Renata
AU - Chatenoud, Liliane
AU - Di Cintio, Elisabetta
AU - Rossi, Piero
AU - Benzi, Guido
AU - Surace, Matteo
AU - Parazzini, Fabio
PY - 1998/10/1
Y1 - 1998/10/1
N2 - Objective: We have analyzed the placental/birthweight ratio in women at increased risk of intrauterine growth retardation and pregnancy-induced hypertension and in women with pregnancy 'complicated' by these conditions. Study design: A total of 89 women with small gestational age (SGA) infants, 355 with appropriate gestational age infants (200 in the uncomplicated pregnancy group) and 28 with large for gestational age (LGA) infants were considered. Results and Conclusion: The mean placental weight showed a significant increase from the SGA to the LGA in the two groups. The placental ratio tended to increase from the LGA group to the SGA one both in infants of women with uncomplicated pregnancy and with pregnancy complicated by intrauterine growth retardation or pregnancy-induced hypertension; these findings were statistically significant. Copyright (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
AB - Objective: We have analyzed the placental/birthweight ratio in women at increased risk of intrauterine growth retardation and pregnancy-induced hypertension and in women with pregnancy 'complicated' by these conditions. Study design: A total of 89 women with small gestational age (SGA) infants, 355 with appropriate gestational age infants (200 in the uncomplicated pregnancy group) and 28 with large for gestational age (LGA) infants were considered. Results and Conclusion: The mean placental weight showed a significant increase from the SGA to the LGA in the two groups. The placental ratio tended to increase from the LGA group to the SGA one both in infants of women with uncomplicated pregnancy and with pregnancy complicated by intrauterine growth retardation or pregnancy-induced hypertension; these findings were statistically significant. Copyright (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
KW - Intrauterine growth retardation
KW - Placental ratio
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U2 - 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00124-9
DO - 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00124-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 9846659
AN - SCOPUS:0032189220
VL - 80
SP - 157
EP - 158
JO - European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
JF - European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
SN - 0028-2243
IS - 2
ER -