Regulation of amniotic fluid volume and composition in the ovine fetus

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1978, Pages 689-693

  Wintour, E Marelyn ^a,b   Barnes, Alison ^a,b   Brown, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Hardy, Kenneth J ^a,b   Horacek, Ivan ^a,b   Mcdougall, John G ^a,b   Scoggins, Bruce A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AMNION FLUID; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; FETUS; HYDRAMNIOS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; LIGATION; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; POTASSIUM; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SODIUM;

EID: 0018159373     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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