title: Infants with a congenital anomaly and the concentration of Mo, As, Mn, Zn and Cu in the mother's milk.
abstract: Thirty-one samples of mothers' milk were analysed by neutron activation analysis for the concentrations of Mo, As, Mn, Zn, Cu 1.5 to 3 months post-partum. Group I consisted of 6 mothers having infants with neonatal obstructive jaundice and exhibited lower mean values of Cu and Mn at 0.18 microgram/g and 11.7 micrograms/g as compared with 16 control subjects with 0.34 microgram/g Cu and 23.0 micrograms/g Mn;Mo levels were approximately twice as high (12.2 micrograms/g) as the control values (6.4 micrograms/g); Zn and As were grossly comparable. Group II consisted of 9 mothers who had delivered infants with either a congenital hydrocephalus (n = 7) or meningomyelocoele (n = 2), exhibited a mean Cu level of 0.27 microgram/g, Zn 1.7 micrograms/g, Mn 25.3 micrograms/g and As 0.45 microgram/g. These findings are discussed in the light of the patho-physiology of the congenital anomaly of the infant.
mesh_terms: D001151:Arsenic / Q000032:analysis; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007567:Jaundice, Neonatal; D008345:Manganese / Q000032:analysis; D008591:Meningomyelocele; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000032:analysis*; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000032:analysis; D011247:Pregnancy; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014131:Trace Elements; D008345:Manganese; D003300:Copper; D008982:Molybdenum; D015032:Zinc; D001151:Arsenic