[Ultrasonic symptoms of intrauterine metabolic disorders].

The authors compared the ultrasonic biometrical dates of 1457 normal fetuses with the values found in 49 cases of Rh-isoimmunisation, 37 cases of maternal diabetes mellitus and 48 cases of toxaemic pregnancies. They led to the conclusion that the disorders detected by the ultrasound examination present other sequence in developing according to the different diseases. The ultrasound examination can recognise first of all those disorders which caused by chronic diseases and conditions. In these cases the ultrasound examination can give essential support to determine the optimal time finishing the pregnancy.