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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI104658

EVALUATION OF VAGINAL SMEAR, SERUM GONADOTROPIN, PROTEIN-BOUND IODINE, AND THYROXINE-BINDING AS MEASURES OF PLACENTAL ADEQUACY

J. T. Nicoloff, R. Nicoloff, and J. T. Dowling

Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Center, Los Angeles

Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Hospital, Hollywood, Calif.

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Present address: Wadsworth General Hospital, VA Center, Los Angeles, California.

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Present address: Kaiser Hospital, Hollywood, California.

§

Present address: The King County Hospital System, Seattle, Washington.

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Work supported by grant A-3000 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, grant T-154 from the American Cancer Society, and a grant-in-aid from the Permanente Foundation. Presented in part at the 1960 meeting of the Endocrine Society.

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Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Center, Los Angeles

Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Hospital, Hollywood, Calif.

†

Present address: Wadsworth General Hospital, VA Center, Los Angeles, California.

‡

Present address: Kaiser Hospital, Hollywood, California.

§

Present address: The King County Hospital System, Seattle, Washington.

*

Work supported by grant A-3000 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, grant T-154 from the American Cancer Society, and a grant-in-aid from the Permanente Foundation. Presented in part at the 1960 meeting of the Endocrine Society.

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Department of Medicine, Veterans Administration Center, Los Angeles

Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, Los Angeles

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Hospital, Hollywood, Calif.

†

Present address: Wadsworth General Hospital, VA Center, Los Angeles, California.

‡

Present address: Kaiser Hospital, Hollywood, California.

§

Present address: The King County Hospital System, Seattle, Washington.

*

Work supported by grant A-3000 from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, U. S. Public Health Service, grant T-154 from the American Cancer Society, and a grant-in-aid from the Permanente Foundation. Presented in part at the 1960 meeting of the Endocrine Society.

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Published November 1, 1962 - More info

Published in Volume 41, Issue 11 on November 1, 1962
J Clin Invest. 1962;41(11):1998–2011. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI104658.
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