Estrogen excretion in pregnant women with leprosy: evidence of diminished fetoplacental function
Duncan, M.E.; Oakey, R.E.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 60(1): 82-86
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844 PMID: 7088454 Document Number: 197019
Estrogen excretion was assayed in 64 women with leprosy and 15 healthy control women. The mean estrogen excretion was lower in women with leprosy than in controls and the incidence of subnormal estrogen values was higher in the leprosy patients than in the controls. There was an association between infant birth weight and frequency of subnormal estrogen excretion. These features were most marked in women with lepromatous leprosy and are further evidence of diminished fetoplacental function in women with leprosy.