“…Alternatively, a primary alteration in AHP and ICP could be the overproduction of sulfated PMs. Since concentrations in cord plasma are lower than in maternal plasma, it has been suggested that PMs are generated in the mother and then transferred to the fetus [9]. However, the possibility that they could be generated, at least in part, by the placenta and then distributed asymmetrically to the fetus and mother cannot be ruled out.…”