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Oligohydramnios and associated fetal complications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2008

Nicola J Flack  and
Nicholas M Fisk
Nicola J Flack*
Affiliation:
Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK.
Nicholas M Fisk
Affiliation:
Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, London, UK.
*
Nicola J Flack MRCOG, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte’s and Chelsea Hospital, Goldhawk Road, London W6 0XG, UK.
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During intrauterine life the fetus is bathed in amniotic fluid which provides a low resistance space for free movement and a buffer against external trauma. This fluid is produced in early pregnancy largely as a maternal dialysate, then as a fetal transudate. Fetal urine is the most important source of amniotic fluid after 16 weeks gestation. The control of amniotic fluid is complex and poorly understood; it arises from secondary partitioning of water within the fetoplacental extracellular space and reflects fetal fluid balance.

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Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , August 1993 , pp. 147 - 166
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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