PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF LOW MATERNAL SERUM HUMAN CHORIONIC-GONADOTROPIN AND LOW MATERNAL SERUM UNCONJUGATED ESTRIOL LEVELS IN TRIPLOIDY

被引:12
作者
FEJGIN, M [1 ]
AMIEL, A [1 ]
GOLDBERGER, S [1 ]
BARNES, I [1 ]
ZER, T [1 ]
KOHN, G [1 ]
机构
[1] ZER LABS,JERUSALEM,ISRAEL
关键词
AMNIOCENTESIS; MATERNAL SERUM HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; LOW MATERNAL SERUM UNCONJUGATED ESTRIOL; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; TRIPLOIDY;
D O I
10.1016/S0002-9378(11)91586-5
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
We report three cases in which triploidy (69,XXX) was detected by amniocentesis performed for very low maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin levels. All three cases also had low maternal serum unconjugated estriol levels. We suggest placental insufficiency as the cause of the very low human chorionic gonadotropin because of histologic observations and because a known marker for placental insufficient estriol, was also very low.
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页码:766 / 767
页数:2
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