title: Amniotic fluid selenium status in pre-eclampsia.
abstract: Selenium levels were measured in amniotic fluid samples obtained from 60 normal pregnant and 40 pre-eclamptic women closely matched for age and gestation using the hydride generation technique coupled with atomic absorption spectroscopy. The mean +/- SD levels in the normal and pre-eclamptic groups were 6.8 +/- 3.7 and 6.7 +/- 2.2 ng/ml, respectively. The difference in the values of amniotic fluid selenium between these two groups of patients was not statistically significant (p greater than 0.5).
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
authors: A C
authors: AC
authors: Roy
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Ratnam
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Karunanithy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012643:Selenium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000172:deficiency; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic
chemical_list: D012643:Selenium