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Plasma copper and zinc concentrations and infertility
Author(s) -
SOLTAN M. H.,
JENKINS D. M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1983.tb08944.x
Subject(s) - copper , infertility , zinc , fertility , andrology , female infertility , plasma concentration , plasma , chemistry , endocrinology , medicine , biology , pregnancy , population , physics , genetics , environmental health , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Summary. Plasma copper concentration was significantly lower in 48 infertile women than in 35 control subjects and somewhat lower in women with secondary rather than primary infertility. Plasma zinc concentration was not appreciably different in infertile and fertile women. Low plasma copper concentration may influence normal human female fertility.