Maternal and umbilical cord serum vitamin A, E levels and mother-to-child transmission in the non-supplemented vitamin A, E HIV-1 infected parturients with short-course zidovudine therapy.
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
This study was undertaken to assess the maternal and umbilical cord serum vitamin A, E levels at delivery and mother-to-child transmission in nonsupplemented vitamin A, E HIV-1 infected parturients who received short-course zidovudine therapy. Maternal and umbilical cord serum vitamin A, E levels were quantitated by high-performance liquid chromatography in 67 HIV-1 infected parturients who received short-course zidovudine therapy. Mother-to-child transmission occurred in 13.4 per cent of HIV-1 infected parturients. There were no significant differences in the mean concentrations of vitamin A, E and vitamin E/cholesterol ratio between parturients with HIV-1 infected and non-infected infants. While maternal serum vitamin E level was adequate, nearly one-third of the parturients in the study had vitamin A deficiency. In conclusion our study has shown that there was no correlation between maternal serum vitamin A, E levels and mother-to-child HIV transmission in HIV-1 infected parturients who received short-course zidovudine therapy. However, the presence of underlying vitamin A deficiency in these parturients was common, adequate and intensive maternal-infant nutritional support should be emphasized especially in developing countries as an adjunctive measure in the reduction of mother-to-child transmission of HIV as well as the reduction in maternal and perinatal morbidity.
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Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Complications infectieuses de la grossesse
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Rétinol
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Vitamine E
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Femelle
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Humains
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Grossesse
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Zidovudine
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Infections à VIH
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VIH-1 (Virus de l'Immunodéficience Humaine de type 1)
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Transmission verticale de maladie infectieuse
langue:
Anglais
Année:
1999
Type:
Article
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