[Serum and erythrocyte zinc, copper, magnesium and iron in women with normal pregnancies and pregnancy-at-risk (pregnancy-induced hypertension, fetal growth retardation and hepatosis)].

In women with normal pregnancy and with pathological pregnancy (pregnancy-induced hypertension, fetal growth retardation, hepatosis) trace elements concentrations (Fe++, Cu++, Zn++, Mg++) were determined in serum and erythrocytes. The concentrations were partly decreased or increased in both serum and erythrocytes, but these changes were not significant. Thus, the analyses of trace element concentrations can not be used as a marker of the investigated pathological events of pregnancy.