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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

ΕΠΙΠΕΔΑ ΚΟΡΤΙΖΟΛΗΣ ΑΙΜΑΤΟΣ ΜΗΤΕΡΑΣ, ΕΜΒΡΥΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΜΝΙΑΚΟΥ ΥΓΡΟΥ ΕΠΙ ΤΕΛΕΙΟΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΥΗΣΕΩΝ

Abstract

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CORTISOL LEVELS ON MATERNAL AND FETAL BLOOD AS WELL AS AMNIOTIC FLUID WERE DETERMINED RADIOIMMUNOLOGICALLY IN 73 NORMAL PREGNANCIES BETWEEN THE 37TH AND 42ND WEEKS OF GESTATION. CORTISOL LEVELS ON MATERNAL BLOOD WERE HIGHER (X+-SD=79,8 +- 32.87 MG/ML) THEN THOSE OF AMNIOTIC FLUID AND FETAL BLOOD (X+-SD=49.24+-23.18 AND 45.30+-22.31 MG/ML RESPECTIVELY). A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE CORRELATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN THEM. NO SIGNIFICANT FLUCTUATION WERE OBSERVED DURING THE LAST WEEKS OF GESTATION - ON MATERNAL AND FETAL BLOOD AND AMNIOTIC FLUID CORTISOL LEVELS. FURTHERMORE CORTISOL LEVELS WERE NOT DEPENDED BY MATERNAL AND BABY WEIGHT AS WELL AS BY TIME OF DELIVERY. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE RELATIVE HIGH CORTISOL LEVELS FOUND IN OUR STUDY ARE DUE TO THE DELIVERY STRESS.

Degree

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Grantor dc:publisher
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Year dc:date
1985

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Αγραπίδης, Χρήστος

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/0379
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/0379

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2026-07-24
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citation

Αγραπίδης, Χρήστος. ΕΠΙΠΕΔΑ ΚΟΡΤΙΖΟΛΗΣ ΑΙΜΑΤΟΣ ΜΗΤΕΡΑΣ, ΕΜΒΡΥΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΜΝΙΑΚΟΥ ΥΓΡΟΥ ΕΠΙ ΤΕΛΕΙΟΜΗΝΩΝ ΚΥΗΣΕΩΝ. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/0379