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Pregnancy outcome of mothers with defective oral zinc tolerance test

✍ Scribed by Nejat Akar

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 11 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 0896-548X
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-670x(1997)10:3<153::aid-jtra1>3.0.co;2-c

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✦ Synopsis

Pregnancy outcome of four previously reported women with impaired zinc absorption was determined. These women were supplemented with zinc sulphate for 6 months. Their plasma Zn levels prior to conception were within normal levels. Of the four deliveries, all newborns were normal; only one had closed spina bifida. Our data are further evidence for a possible role of zinc metabolism, at least in some mothers with previous neural tube defects (NTD) babies.