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Research Article| Volume 1, ISSUE 2, P157-179, June 1981

Endocrine Assays in the Monitoring of Pregnancy

  • Robert C. Rock
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    Corresponding author: Department of Laboratory Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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    Director, Clinical Laboratories, The Johns Hopkins Hospital; Associate Professor of Pathology (Laboratory Medicine), The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Daniel W. Chan
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    Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Codirector of Clinical Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Marie T. Perlstein
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    Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Codirector of Clinical Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-2712(18)31096-5
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      The application of hormone assays to the monitoring of high-risk pregnancies is most helpful if the assays are performed serially in any one patient to offset marked interindividual and intraindividual biological variability. Because of the difficulty in clinically identifying abnormal fetal conditions, most assays do not yield optimal sensitivity and specificity; thus, they are best used as adjuncts to other diagnostic procedures.
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