Serum thyroglobulin levels in preterm infants with and without the respiratory distress syndrome. I. Cord blood study.

Cord serum levels of thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in 147 term and preterm infants were related to gestation age, birth weight, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and several perinatal factors by means of multiple linear regression analysis. None of the perinatal factors influenced Tg and TSH cord serum levels. However, in infants who developed RDS, Tg and TSH cord serum levels differed significantly from values in infants who did not develop this syndrome.

Serum thyroglobulin levels in preterm infants with and without respiratory distress syndrome. II. A longitudinal study during the first 3 weeks of life.

Serum thyroglobulin (Tg) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were measured in 182 preterm and term infants. Samples were taken from cord blood, and at 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21 days after birth. The infants were divided into groups according to their perinatal characteristics: infants who were appropriate for gestational age, infants who were small for gestational age, and preterm infants who developed respiratory distress syndrome.

Activity of peroxisomal enzymes and intracellular distribution of catalase in Zellweger syndrome.

The activity of peroxisomal enzymes was studied in human liver and cultured human skin fibroblasts in relation to the finding (Goldfischer, S. et al. (1973) Science 182, 62-64) that morphologically distinct peroxisomes are not detectable in patients with the cerebro-hepato-renal (Zellweger) syndrome.

Deficiency of plasmalogens in the cerebro-hepato-renal (Zellweger) syndrome.

We have analyzed the phospholipid composition of various organs of patients with the cerebro-hepato-renal (Zellweger) syndrome. The phospholipid composition of tissues from controls and patients was very similar except for their plasmalogen contents. In controls about 50% of the phosphatidylethanolamine fraction of brain, heart, kidney and skeletal muscle and about 10% of that fraction in control liver tissue was found to consist of plasmalogen.