Prior growth rate determines the fetal growth response to acute maternal undernutrition in fetal sheep of late gestation

Prenatal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 300-309

  Harding, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fetus; Growth; Nutrition; Placenta; Sheep

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000530152     PISSN: 13598635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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