01295nas a2200301   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001700055653001400072653001100086653001100097653002000108653001200128653001500140653001300155653002200168653002800190653001400218653004000232653003100272100001500303700001400318245010200332300000900434490000700443520052900450022001400979       1982                            d  c1982 Jul10aBirth Weight10aEstrogens10aFemale10aHumans10aInfant, Newborn10aleprosy10aOrgan Size10aPlacenta10aPlacenta Diseases10aPlacental Insufficiency10aPregnancy10aPregnancy Complications, Infectious10aPregnancy Trimester, Third1 aDuncan M E1 aOakey R E00aEstrogen excretion in pregnant women with leprosy: evidence of diminished fetoplacental function.  a82-60 v603 a<p>Estrogen excretion was assayed in 64 women with leprosy and 15 healthy control women. The mean estrogen excretion was lower in women with leprosy than in controls and the incidence of subnormal estrogen values was higher in the leprosy patients than in the controls. There was an association between infant birth weight and frequency of subnormal estrogen excretion. These features were most marked in women with lepromatous leprosy and are further evidence of diminished fetoplacental function in women with leprosy.</p>  a0029-7844