[Morphological analysis of the state of the ovaries of the newborn infants].

Studies of 98 newborn ovaries included measurements of their mass, estimation of follicle number in a standard section size, of the integral parameter reflecting the total number of follicles in the ovary and the count of follicular cells adjacent to the oocyte in the primary follicle. The count of follicular cells was found to be a permanent value, not related to the newborn's mass; ovarian mass, number of follicles in a standard section, and the integral parameter were growing together with the newborn's mass, changing within the range from 900-1000 to 2500-4000 g, increasing particularly intensively within the body mass range of 1000 to 2500 g. In fetuses weighing 2500-4000 g, dead from multiple developmental defects, these characteristics are essentially lower than in those dead from birth injuries.