Chrétien F C
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1978;57(4):337-48. doi: 10.3109/00016347809154028.
Ultrastructural aspect and variations of cervical mucus have been studied by scanning electron microscopy in 58 pregnant and 29 menopausal women. In both groups, a striking tightening of the ultrastructural glycoprotein framework was demonstrated. The phenomenon appears to occur very rapidly at the beginning of pregnancy while patients near the menopause show more variable patterns. The results are compared to the known evolution of cervical mucus ultrastructure during the ovarian cycle and discussed from a rheological point of view. Particular attention was paid to the eventual antibacterial role of cervical mucus in pregnancy, which was found to be very plausible.
通过扫描电子显微镜对58名孕妇和29名绝经后妇女的宫颈黏液超微结构及变化进行了研究。在两组中，均显示出超微结构糖蛋白框架的显著收紧。这种现象在妊娠开始时似乎非常迅速地发生，而接近绝经的患者则表现出更多样化的模式。将结果与卵巢周期中宫颈黏液超微结构的已知演变进行了比较，并从流变学角度进行了讨论。特别关注了宫颈黏液在妊娠中可能的抗菌作用，发现这是非常合理的。
