Open AccessCopper and Zinc in Pre‐Eclampsia
Author(s) -
Kiilholma P.,
Paul R.,
Pakarinen P.,
Gränroos M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348409155551
Subject(s) - medicine , eclampsia , umbilical cord , zinc , copper , hemoglobin , pregnancy , obstetrics , metallurgy , immunology , biology , genetics , materials science
. Twenty uncomplicated pregnancies, 10 parturients with mild and 10 parturients with severe preeclampsia, all with uncomplicated deliveries, were studied. Maternal and umbilical cord serum were checked for copper and zinc by the protoninduced X‐ray emission (PIXE) method; maternal serum protein, hemoglobin and estriol were determined as well. Maternal zinc and copper values were lower, whereas the umbilical cord serum copper level was higher in the group with severe preeclampsia as compared with the controls. Maternal zinc was also lower in mild preeclampsia than in the controls. The possible causes of these changes are discussed in view of the hormonal, metabolic and enzymatic changes in preeclampsia.