[Hormone effects of the administration of 50 mg of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEAS) intravenously in pregnant women (author's transl)]. / Effets hormonaux de l'administration intraveineuse de 50 mg de déhydroépiandrostérone (DHEAS) chez la femme enceinte.

The DHEAS overload test has been regarded by C. Lauritzen as reflecting the conditions of placental function. Some will support and some will oppose that test. We have merely concerned ourselves with conducting an examination into the metabolic outcome of the DHEAS overload. --by defining the way in which oestriolury variations are best express themselves. --by estimating how reliable such variations are in cases where foetal pain and hypotrophy are diagnosed. --by going through a statistical analysis of other hormonal variations.

[Glycoproteins in maternal and fetal blood and amniotic fluid. Variations in normal and pathologic pregnancies]. / Glycoprotéines ua niveau du sang maternel, foetal et du liquide amniotique. Variations dans les grossesses normales et pathologiques

In this brief note, which is a preliminary report, the authors investigated systematically the variations, during normal and complicated pregnancies, of the concentrations of alpha-1-antitrypsin, orosomucoid, transferrin and alpha feto-protein, simultaneously in maternal serum, fetal serum and amniotic fluid. There exists during normal pregnancies a difference between the concentrations of alpha-1-antitrypsin and of orosomucoid found for primigravidae and for multigravidae. The role of these glycoproteins in preventing the mother from rejecting the fetus is discussed. In addition for Rhesus isoimmunization the clinical value of the variations in the levels of transferrin is discussed.

[Alpha-1-antitrypsin, orosomucoid, transferrin and alpha fetoprotein in the amniotic fluid, Changes in concentration in normal and pathologic pregnancies]. / Alpha-1-antitrypsine, orosomucoïde, transferrine et alpha foeto-protéine dans le liquide amniotique. Variation de concentration dans les grossesses normale et pathologique

In this article, which is a preliminary report, the authors determined amniotic fluid levels of alpha-I-antitrypsin, orosomucoid, transferrin and alpha-fetoprotein during complicated pregnancies with gestational ages of 31 to 42 weeks. These levels were compared with those observed during normal pregnancies. The clinical value of the variations of the glycoprotein levels is discussed.