Amniotic fluid prostanoids in preeclampsia
Moodley, J.; Reddi, K.; Norman, R.; Naidoo, J.K.
Obstetrics and Gynecology 64(1): 69-71
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0029-7844 PMID: 6547518 Document Number: 233070
Amniotic fluid from 19 patients with preeclampsia was compared with samples from normotensive control subjects with respect to the levels of prostaglandin 6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha, thromboxane B2, and the ratio of 6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha to thromboxane B2. The study found no significant differences in the levels of these prostanoids or the ratio of 6-keto prostaglandin F1 alpha to thromboxane B2 (study patients, 2.7 +/- 2.1; control patients, 2.8 +/- 1.9) between groups.