Blood Serum Of Pregnant Women Research Articles

Immunochemical identification of a new β1-globulin in the blood serum of pregnant women

Immunochemical identification of a new β1-globulin in the blood serum of pregnant women

Sulfur metabolism in otosclerosis.

OTOSCLEROSIS is characterized by a progressive loss of hearing, due to the ankylosis of the stapes, and is somewhat related to pregnancy, sex, age, and race factors. 1 The biochemical blood pattern in otosclerosis is apparently within the normal range; an exception, however, is made for the significantly high sulfate content. 2 A progressive increase of the sulfate concentrations of the blood serum of pregnant women was reported. 3 This was also known to be the beginning of deafness or the increase of loss of hearing of women with otosclerosis during pregnancy. 1,4 The accumulation of radioactive sulfate by cultures of the hearing ossicles has also been reported. 5 In order to obtain information on the sulfur metabolism in otosclerosis, the present work was undertaken. Material and Methods Four patients with otosclerosis were admitted to the Otolaryngologic Clinic and, during six five-day periods of balance, the sulfur contents of

A Study of Thyroid Activity in Normal Pregnancy

Summary Our results demonstrate conclusively, as do those of Anselmino and Hoffman, that a substance which lowers the level of mouse liver glycogen, is present in the blood serum of pregnant women. This glycogen reduction indicates an increased level of thyroid hormone in the test material (pregnancy serum) injected. The evidence seems to indicate that this increase in thyroid hormone is due to an actual physiological hyperfunction of the thyroid gland of the mother during pregnancy.