[Perinatal care for the fetus in women exposed to ionizing radiation after the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident].

Thorough examination covered 114 pregnant women living in the second zone of radioactive pollution (Novozybkov town in Briansk region). Occurrence of miscarriage, late gestosis, intrauterine hypoxia and hypotrophia of fetus was higher vs. control. Laboratory studies helped to reveal underlying mechanisms of the stated conditions which are caused by compromised immunity and changes in fetoplacental system.