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- Title
Serum metallome in pregnant women and the relationship with congenital malformations of the central nervous system: a case-control study.
- Authors
Troisi, Jacopo; Giugliano, Luigi; Sarno, Laura; Landolfi, Annamaria; Richards, Sean; Symes, Steven; Colucci, Angelo; Maruotti, Giuseppe; Adair, David; Guida, Marco; Martinelli, Pasquale; Guida, Maurizio
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>Congenital malformations of the central nervous system (CNS) consist of a wide range of birth defects of multifactorial origin.<bold>Methods: </bold>Concentrations of 44 metals were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry in serum of 111 mothers in the second trimester of pregnancy who carried a malformed fetus and compared them with serum concentrations of the same metals in 90 mothers with a normally developed fetus at the same week of pregnancy. Data are reported as means ± standard deviations.<bold>Results: </bold>We found a direct relationship between congenital defects of the CNS and maternal serum concentration of aluminum: it was statistically higher in women carrying a fetus with this class of malformation, compared both to mothers carrying a fetus with another class of malformation (6.45 ± 15.15 μg/L Vs 1.44 ± 4.21 μg/L, p < 0.0006) and to Controls (i.e. mothers carrying a normally-developed fetus) (6.45 ± 15.15 μg/L Vs 0.11 ± 0.51 μg/L, p < 0.0006). Moreover, Aluminum abundances were below the limit of detection in the majority of control samples.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>CAluminum may play a role in the onset of central nervous system malformations, although the exact Aluminum species and related specific type of malformation needs further elucidation.
- Subjects
SERUM; PREGNANCY complications; HUMAN abnormalities; INDUCTIVELY coupled plasma mass spectrometry; SECOND trimester of pregnancy
- Publication
BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 2019, Vol 19, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1471-2393
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1186/s12884-019-2636-5