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predicting infants at risk. Moreover, in cases of intrauterine deaths of diabetic infants associated with toxxmia, maternal levels of H.P.L. have been reported to be below 4 ju.g. per ml.9,10,17 Serial H.P.L. readings of diabetic women included in our series often showed that H.P.L. levels fell in the last few weeks of pregnancy (table VI). At times the reading reached levels
predicting infants at risk. Moreover, in cases of intrauterine deaths of diabetic infants associated with toxxmia, maternal levels of H.P.L. have been reported to be below 4 ju.g. per ml.9,10,17 Serial H.P.L. readings of diabetic women included in our series often showed that H.P.L. levels fell in the last few weeks of pregnancy (table VI). At times the reading reached levels
