Selected maternal, fetal and placental trace element and heavy metal and maternal vitamin levels in preterm deliveries with or without preterm premature rupture of membranes

Küçükaydın Z., KURDOĞLU M., KURDOĞLU Z., Demir H. , Yörük İ. H.

JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH, vol.44, no.5, pp.880-889, 2018 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 44 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/jog.13591
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY RESEARCH
  • Page Numbers: pp.880-889
  • Keywords: fetal membranes, premature rupture, metals, heavy, premature birth, trace elements, vitamins, PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY, PREGNANT-WOMEN, ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL, LEAD LEVELS, CORD BLOOD, BIRTH, ZINC, SERUM, OUTCOMES, PLASMA

Abstract

Aim: To compare maternal, fetal and placental trace element (magnesium, zinc and copper) and heavy metal (cadmium and lead) and maternal vitamin (retinol, alpha [alpha]-tocopherol, vitamin D-3, 25-hydroxyvitamin D-3 and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3) levels in preterm deliveries with and without preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM).