Table 1.
Fetal baboon characteristics
| Body and Organ Weights |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment | Number of Animals | Fetal Survival | Placenta, g | Body, g | Heart, g | Liver, g | Kidneys, g |
| Untreated | 5 | 5/5 | 180 ± 10 | 858 ± 19 | 4.6 ± 0.4 | 25.5 ± 1.6 | 5.4 ± 0.4 |
| Estradiol | 6 | 5/6 | 183 ± 9 | 859 ± 33 | 4.9 ± 0.5 | 23.2 ± 0.9 | 5.5 ± 0.3 |
Values are means ± SE. Parameters were measured after serotonin infusion (8 μg·min−1·kg body weight−1) on day 160 of gestation in baboons untreated or treated with estradiol benzoate (0.35 mg/day) on days 25–59 of gestation.