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Maternal serum bile acid composition was also analysed both at diagnosis and delivery to determine whether this influences the concentration and proportion of bile acids in the meconium.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>PATIENTS\/METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The population included eight healthy pregnant women and 16 patients with ICP, nine of which received UDCA (12.5\u201315.0 mg\/kg body weight\/day) for 15\u00b14 days until parturition. Bile acids were assessed in the meconium by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and in maternal serum by high performance liquid chromatography.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Total bile acid and cholic acid concentrations in the meconium were increased (p&lt;0.01) in newborns from patients with ICP (13.5 (5.1) and 8.4 (4.1) \u03bcmol\/g respectively; mean (SEM)) as compared with controls (2.0 (0.5) and 0.8 (0.3) \u03bcmol\/g respectively), reflecting the total bile acid and cholic acid levels in the maternal serum (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.85 and\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.84, p&lt;0.01). After UDCA administration, total bile acid concentrations decreased in the mother (\u223c3-fold, p&lt;0.05) but not in the meconium. UDCA concentration in the meconium showed only a 2-fold increase after treatment, despite the much greater increase in the maternal serum (p&lt;0.01). Lithocholic acid concentration in the meconium was not increased by UDCA treatment.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>UDCA administration does not influence the concentration and proportion of bile acids in the meconium, which in turn are altered by ICP. 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