The concentration of α1-antitrypsin in the maternal serum after delivery of normal and small for gestational age infants
A. Wasiluk, M. Dąbrowska, S. Jaworski, J. Prokopowicz · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2000 · Heft 06 · S. 229-231
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Abstract BACKGROUND α1-antitrypsin (A-1-AT) is an acute-phase protein. It is present in plasma and other extracellular fluids and in human trophoblastic tissue. It accounts for 80 to 90 per cent of antiprotease reactions occurring in plasma. It has the ability to greatly affect enzyme activity and plays an important role in immunomodulatory processes. MATERIALS AND METHODS The purpose of the study was to determine the plasma concentration of A-1-AT in mothers giving birth to hypotrophic (small for gestational age, SGA), and eutrophic (appropriate for gestational age, AGA) infants. 33 women who gave birth to SGA…
