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Maternal zinc status: a determination of central nervous system malformation
Author(s) -
BUAMAH P. K.,
RUSSELL M.,
BATES G.,
WARD A. MILFORD,
SKILLEN A. W.
Publication year - 1984
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.1471-0528.1984.tb04851.x
Subject(s) - zinc , medicine , abortion , obstetrics , pregnancy , gestation , central nervous system , gestational age , zinc deficiency (plant disorder) , physiology , endocrinology , biology , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry
Summary. Maternal serum zinc concentrations were estimated during 244 normal pregnancies and 15 abnormal pregnancies. The serum zinc concentrations were lower in the anencephalic pregnancies than in the normal control subjects. The serum zinc levels in women whose pregnancies terminated in a spontaneous abortion were normal. There was no variation of serum zinc level with gestational age between 15 to 18 weeks in normal pregnancies.