[Correlation between levels of prolactin in maternal serum, fetal serum and amniotic fluid in childbirth at term]. / Korelacija vrednosti nivoa prolaktina u serumu majke, serumu ploda i plodovoj vodi kod porodaja trudnice u terminu.

In 117 parturients with 38-41 gestation weeks, prolactin was analysed by the radioimmunologic method in the mother serum, the umbilical cord serum and vein, and in the amnionic fluid. Three groups of parturients and their newborns were examined: the group (n = 44) with the birth having started spontaneously with the appearance of labour pains 1/10 minutes, the group (n = 38) with a programmed birth induced by the infusion of oxytocin, and the group (n = 35) with the birth comprising elective cesarean section. The concentration of prolactin in the examined sera is characterized by considerable individual oscillations. The highest prolactin level was in the amnionic fluid (395.6 +/- 130.1 mu/L) and the lowest in the mother serum (174.6 +/- 84.1 mu/L) which shows a statistically significant difference (p less than 0.01). Prolactin values in the umbilical artery (244.6 +/- 98.3 mu/L) and vein (230.4 +/- 91.7 mu/L) are significantly (p less than 0.001) higher than the value in the mother sera and significantly lower (p less than 0.001) than the prolactin concentration in the amnionic fluid. The difference of the prolactin values in the sera of the umbilical cord blood vessels has no statistical significance (p greater than 0.05). Nor is there any statistically significant difference between prolactin concentrations in spontaneous and induced deliveries versus those in deliveries terminated with elective cesarean section (p greater than 0.05). A correlation analysis of the functional connection of prolactin in the sera of the mother, fetus, and amnionic fluid gives the correlation coefficient values of high statistical significance (0.482 less than r less than 0.906; p less than 0.001).

[Prolactin in the serum of mothers and neonates and in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women with hypertensive disease]. / Prolaktin u serumu majke i novorodenceta i u plodovoj vodi kod porodaja trudnice sa hipertenzivnom bolescu.

In 106 pregnant women (32-41 gestation weeks) prolactin values were determined in the sera of mothers and fetuses and in the amniotic fluid by the radioimmunological method in m IU L. Four group of parturients and their newborns were examined: Group I (n = 18) contained parturients with hypertensive disease and pre-term delivery, group II (n = 27) parturients with pre-term delivery, group III (n = 25) parturients with hypertensive disease and at-term delivery, and group IV (n = 36) normal parturients with at-term delivery. Prolactin values (mean +/- SD) in the serum of parturients with pre-term delivery (group I 8,311 +/- 2,654 and group II 8,203 +/- 2,647) and in those with at-term delivery (group III 9,656 +/- 3,145 and group IV 9,873 +/- 3,062) showed no significant differences (p greater than 0.05). Prolactin values in the serum of the umbilical cord artery proved significantly higher (p less than 0.05) in parturients with pre-term delivery (group I 11,598 +/- 2,923, group II 9,632 +/- 3,009) and at-term delivery (group III 13,266 +/- 3,015, group IV 11,243 +/- 3,123) in hypertension-affected women. A significantly higher (p less than 0.01) prolactin value was recorded in the amniotic fluid of parturients with pre-term delivery (group I 23,367 +/- 3,896, group II 19,715 +/- 4,128) and at-term delivery (group III 22,755 +/- 4,938, group IV 18,638 +/- 4,724) affected by hypertensive disease. The difference between the prolactin level in parturients with the meconium and clear amniotic fluid (22,059 +/- 5,465 and 19,263 +/- 5,673) was not significant (p greater than 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

[Incidence of herpes virus (HSV-2) alterations in squamous cells of vagina epithelium (author's transl)]. / Häufigkeit der Herpesvirus (HSV-2)-Veränderungen an den Zellen des Plattenepithels der Scheide.

The authors have analysed 17,519 cytological cervix smears. Alterations characteristic of HSV infection were recorded from squamous cells of vaginal and cervical epithelia in 21 cases (0.12 per cent). Incidences of cytologically detected HSV infection of the vagina and cervix were 0.17 per cent among female factory workers and 0.08 per cent among peasant women. No statistically unambiguous difference was found to exist between the incidences of genital HSV infections in the two groups examined (p greater than 0.05). The majority of women with genital HSV infections was between 21 and 25 years old.