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Obstetrics & Gynecology 1974;44:219-223
© 1974 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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Muramidase and Peroxidase Activity of Human Amniotic Fluid

BRYAN LARSEN, MS, RUDOLPH P. GALASK, MD and IRVIN S. SNYDER, PhD*

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Department of Microbiology at The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
*Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Abstract

Both muramidase (lysozyme) and a peroxidase have been found in amniotic fluid during the third trimester. Activity of both the lysozyme and the peroxidase increases until the 40th gestational week after which it shows a slight decline.






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