RELACIÓN ENTRE LOS NIVELES DE ÁCIDO TODO TRANS-RETINOICO EN SANGRE DE CORDÓN UMBILICAL Y MEDIDAS ANTROPOMÉTRICAS DEL RECIÉN NACIDO
Autor: | Vanesa Boldoy S, Alejandro Villalobos F, Silvia Sepúlveda B, Victoria Espinosa F |
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Rok vydání: | 2007 |
Předmět: |
Gynecology
Vitamin Maternal consumption medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study business.industry Population Retinoic acid Obstetrics and Gynecology Gestational age Umbilical cord chemistry.chemical_compound medicine.anatomical_structure chemistry medicine Gestation business education Demography |
Zdroj: | Revista chilena de obstetricia y ginecología. 72 |
ISSN: | 0717-7526 |
Popis: | SUMMARY Background: Vitamin A, mainly in their form of retinoic acid, it carries out a function of vital importance during the gestational development, in all the tissues and organs of the body. Objective: To evaluate the levels of retinoic acid in the serum of blood from umbilical cord and to relate them with the weight/gestational age ratio of the newborns and the maternal intake of vitamin A, jointly with socioeconomic and nutritional variables. Method: A descriptive study of traverse court, in the maternities of the Hospitals San Jose and Barros Luco-Trudeau of Santiago, Chile, studying a total of 62 cases. Results: In the population in study, a direct relationship was observed between the newborn ratio weight/gestational age and the maternal consumption of vitamin A, but no relationship was found among the same weight/gestational age ratio and the levels of this vitamin in the serum of blood of umbilical cord. On the other hand, it was found that the |
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