Changes of Bone Mineral Content During Pregnancy and Lactation
- 12 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 56 (3) , 217-219
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00016347709162123
Abstract
In order to study changes in the Ca depots of the body during pregnancy and lactation, bone mineral determinations were performed on 14 pregnant women and 18 mothers post partum by X-ray spectrophotometry. Pregnant women exhibited a loss in trabecular bone but not in cortical bone when measured once during late 1st or early 2nd trimester and again 1 wk post partum. Lactating women who nursed less than 3 mo. lost mineral during the first 3 mo. and then regained it while those who nursed for longer than 3 mo. had no losses during 6 mo. of study.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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