[Phospholipids in the amniotic fluid: evaluation of the foetal maturity]

The evaluation of the fetal maturity by some physicochemical methods realized for the first time in the University Hospital in Casablanca, has dealt with 89 cases spaced on during 18 months. The authors have compared 2 methods of the evaluation of the foetal maturity: the determination by chromatography of the rate lecithin I sphingomyelin and of the value of the report palmitic acid I stearic acid. This study was done on amniotic fluid taken either by amniocentesis or by vaginal way. A correlation is established between the different criterions of the valuation of the pregnancy age and their reliability of the used methods is emphasized