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SUBMITTER: Goletzke J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526396 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goletzke Janina J Pagenkemper Mirja M Wiessner Christian C Rüber Franziska F Arck Petra P Hecher Kurt K Diemert Anke A
BMC pregnancy and childbirth 20200929 1
<h4>Background</h4>The fetal adrenal gland receives rising awareness as a predictor of spontaneous preterm birth. We hereby provide longitudinal growth assessments of the fetal adrenal gland in a low risk population with an additional focus on trajectories in fetuses born preterm.<h4>Methods</h4>Fetal adrenal gland was assessed via transabdominal ultrasound at gestational weeks (gw) 24-26, 28-30, and 34-36 in a low-risk pregnancy cohort. Longitudinal trajectories of the total gland and the mark ...[more]