<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Phocas, I.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarandakou, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rizos, D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maternal serum total cortisol levels in normal and pathologic pregnancies</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Intrauterine growth retardation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maternal serum total cortisol</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Normal pregnancy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Post maturity syndrome</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Premature delivery</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Premature rupture of the membranes</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1990</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1990///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">31</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3 - 8</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The effect of pregnancy on maternal serum total cortisol (MSFT) was studied systematically in the course of 90 normal pregnancies (n = 204). Moreover, the evaluation of MSFT determinations in abnormal pregnancies, intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and obstetrical complications, premature rupture of the membranes (PROM), premature delivery (PD), and full term pregnancies with post maturity syndrome (PMS) were also investigated. MSFT was measured by an enzyme immunoassay. Gradual increase in MSFT was found from the 6th week of pregnancy to the 40th week of pregnancy and a sharp rise was noted during the last 2 weeks before the onset of labor (P &lt; 0.002). In IUGR, MSFT was significantly lower (P &lt; 0.001). In the cases of PROM and PD, MSFT was highly elevated (P &lt; 0.0001), independently of the gestational age. In pregnancies with well documented PMS, MSFT was much lower than in normal full term pregnancies with even a downward trend in serial determinations (P &lt; 0.0001). © 1990.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record></records></xml>