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Clinical significance of ptyalism gravidarum

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Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify the clinical significance associated with ptyalism gravidarum in Japanese singleton pregnancies.

Methods

Data were collected from 22 patients complicated by ptyalism gravidarum whose symptoms continued until delivery and from 7,743 unaffected controls.

Results

The incidence of ptyalism gravidarum in the Japanese pregnant women was about 0.3 %. Using multiple logistic regressions, ptyalism gravidarum was associated with history of hyperemesis gravidarum (p < 0.01), neonatal male sex (p = 0.02) and small for gestational age infants (p = 0.04).

Conclusions

Ptyalism gravidarum may be a distinctive condition leading to adverse perinatal outcomes.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital, 5-11-12 Tateishi, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 124-0012, Japan

    Shunji Suzuki & Yukiko Fuse

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Suzuki, S., Fuse, Y. Clinical significance of ptyalism gravidarum. Arch Gynecol Obstet 287, 629–631 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-012-2614-x

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