Open AccessInter‐Relationships of Storage Iron in the Mother, the Placenta and the Newborn
Author(s) -
Wong ChongThim,
Sailmani
Publication year - 1990
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 - 10.3109/00016349009028705
Subject(s) - transferrin , ferritin , placenta , medicine , serum ferritin , fetus , iron status , serum iron , pregnancy , physiology , andrology , iron deficiency , umbilical cord , cord blood , iron binding proteins , endocrinology , immunology , anemia , biology , genetics
The influence of maternal storage iron and placental iron levels on the storage iron and serum transferrin levels in newborns, placental non‐haem iron, serum ferritin and transferrin concentrations was studied in 72 mothers and their singleton healthy newborns following uncomplicated pregnancies. Serum ferritin and transferrin concentrations were measured using ELIZA and immunoelectro‐phoretic methods, respectively. Placental non‐haem iron was measured chemically. Cord serum ferritin (142 ± 68.6 µ.g/1) and transferrin (1.66 ± 0.56 µg/l) levels and placental non‐haem iron concentrations (41.1 ± 20.2 µ.g/g) were not correlated with the maternal serum ferritin levels (17.4 ± 12.5 µ.g/1). No significant difference was observed in these parameters in the newborns of mothers with low (<10 µ.g/1) and high (> 20 µ.g/1) levels of serum ferritin. Thus mothers with a reduced store of iron at term can still manage to provide sufficient iron for the fetus.