CONCENTRATIONS OF CU IN FULLFILLED PREGNANCY IN PREGNANT WOMEN AND NEWBORNS IN N.W. GREECE
Abstract
WE MEASURED THE COPPER CONCENTRATIONS IN THE SERUM OF 30 NON PREGNANT WOMEN ANDIN THE MATERNAL SERUM, IN THE AMNIOTIC FLUID AND IN THE SERUM OF AMBILICAL CORD OF 41 PREGNANCIES AT TERM. ALL THE WOMEN WERE LIVING IN N.W. GREECE, AN AREA WHICH IS MAINLY AGRICULTURAL AND MOUNTAINOUS. THE MEASUREMENTS WERE DONE BY THEANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY (A.S.P.), A METHOD WHICH WAS USED FOR THE FIRSTTIME FOR THE DETERMINATIONS OF BIOELEMENTS IN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS. THIS METHOD HAS MORE ADVANTAGES COMPARING WITH OTHERS, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE VERY LOW CAST. OUR RESULTS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE LEVELS OF COPPER IN THE SERUM OF THE 30 NON -PREGNANT WOMEN AS WELL AS IN THE MATERNAL SERUM OF THE 41 PREGNANT WOMEN WERE SIGNIFICANTLY LOW THAN THE LEVELS OF COPPER IN SERUM, REFFERED IN OTHER REPORTS,FROM WELL DEVELOPED WESTERN INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES. THIS DIFFERENCE MAY BE DUE TO THE DIFFERENT HABITUARY DIETARY INTAKE. ON THE CONTRARY, IN THE SERUM OF AMBILICAL CORD AS WELL AS IN THE AMNIOTIC FLUID THE COPPER C ...
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