Plasma Zinc Concentrations of Mothers and the Risk of Oral Clefts in their Children in Utah

BACKGROUND: The role of maternal zinc nutrition in human oral clefts (OCs) is unclear. We measured plasma zinc concentrations (PZn) of case- and control-mothers to evaluate the associations between PZn and risk of OCs with and without other malformations. METHODS: Case-mothers were ascertained by th...

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Main Authors: Munger, Ronald G., Tamura, Tsunenobu, Johnston, Kelley E., Feldkamp, Marcia, Pfister, Roxane, Botto, Lorenzo, Carey, John C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3712612/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19067407
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bdra.20516
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