title: [Maternal oligo-elements and fetal malformations].
abstract: Serum levels of zinc, copper, manganese, magnesium, folates and vitamin B12 and A, were titrated in the early stage of pregnancy in women who delivered children presenting malformations. These levels were compared with those of control patients who delivered normal children. There were 65 malformations. The most frequent were cardiac, musculo-skeletal, urogenital and chromosomal malformations. Only 2 cases of spina bifida were studied. The oligo-elements and vitamin levels are not different in both groups of women: those who carry malformed fetuses and those carrying normal fetuses. These results are compared with those from the literature.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Puériculture, Strasbourg.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stoll
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zawislak
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dott
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Alembik
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koehl
mesh_terms: D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D015032:Zinc
vernacular_title: Oligo-éléments maternels et malformations foetales.