Abstract
We hypothesized that maternal serum levels of the isoenzyme creatine kinase (CK)-BB which is highly expressed in the placenta, may be elevated during the early second trimester in gestations destined to deliver prematurely or of a small-for-gestational-age infant (birthweight below 10th percentile). To test this hypothesis, we compared maternal serum CK-BB levels and percentage of CK-BB over total CK, in 69 normal pregnancies (delivering at term of appropriate-for-gestational-age infants) with those of 25 cases complicated by preterm delivery at < 34 weeks (n=14), of a small-for-gestational-age infant (n=8), or both (n=3). No differences were present in maternal serum CK BB levels between normal and complicated pregnancies. Moreover, no correlation was found between gestational age at delivery and CK BB levels (r=0.03; p=0.7).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 356-359 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Creatine kinase
- Pregnancy complications
- Tissue ischemia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Embryology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Obstetrics and Gynecology