Steroid Metabolome Analysis in Dichorionic Diamniotic Twin Pregnancy.

ABSTRACT: Steroid hormones have diverse roles in pregnancy; some help stabilise pregnancy and influence the stability of pregnancy and the onset of labour. Changes and disorders in steroidogenesis may be involved in several pregnancy pathologies. To date, only a few studies have performed a very limited steroid analysis in multiple pregnancies. Our teams investigated multiple pregnancies regarding the biosynthesis, transport, and effects of steroids. We recruited two groups of patients: pregnant women with multiple pregnancies as the study group, and a control singleton pregnancies group. Blood samples were drawn from the participants and analysed. Information about the mother, foetus, delivery, and newborn was extracted from medical records. The data were then analysed. The gestational age of twin

SUBMITTER: Cerny A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10855299 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature