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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΕΠΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΡΥΣΤΑΛΛΩΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΜΝΙΑΚΟΥ ΥΓΡΟΥ

Abstract

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THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE AMNIOTIC FLUID IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PREGNANCY WAS STUDIED. THERE WERE TAKEN 61 SAMPLES OF AMNIOTIC FLUID (43 WITH AMNIOCENTESIS AND 16 FROM THE POSTERIOR CUL-DE-SAC AFTER SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES. IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE CRYSTALS WHICH WERE FORMED IN A DRY DROP OF AMNIOTICFLUID WERE DIFFERENT IN VARIOUS STAGES OF GESTATION. THEY WERE MORE DISTINCT IN THE EARLY STAGES OF PREGNANCY WHEREAS THE CLEARNESS OF THE REST OF THE MICROSCOPIC FIELD DIMINISHED TOWARDS THE END OF IT. A FALL IN THE CONCENTRATION OF ELECTROLYTES, GLUCOSE AND PROTEINS WAS ALSO OBSERVED TOWARDS THE END OF GESTATION. THE CHANGE IN THE IMAGE OF THE CRYSTALS OF THE AMNIOTIC FLUID. HOWEVER THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF THE URINE CERVICAL MUCUS AND AMNIOTIC FLUID IS POSSIBLE ACCORDING TO THE DIFFERENT IMAGE OF THE FORMED CRYSTALS. THE CHANGES IN THE CRYSTALS OF THE AMNIOTIC FLUID IS NOT RELATED TO THE SEX OF THE FETUS. THE PHENOMENON OF CRYSTALIZATION OF THE AMNIOTIC FLUID CAN ALSO BE APPLIED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES.

Degree

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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Μπαλφούσιας, Φαίδων

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0377
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0377

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2026-07-24
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citation

Μπαλφούσιας, Φαίδων. ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΕΠΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΡΥΣΤΑΛΛΩΣΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΜΝΙΑΚΟΥ ΥΓΡΟΥ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0377