Imbilical amino acid concentrations in appropriate and small for gestational age infants: a biochemical difference present in utero

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 120-126

  Cetin, Irene ^a,b,c   Marconi, Anna M ^a,b,c   Bozzetti, Patrizia ^a,b,c   Sereni, Lucia P ^a,b,c   Corbetta, Carlo ^a,b,c   Pardi, Giorgio ^a,b,c   Battaglia, Frederick C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Unit for Metabolic Diseases   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid concentrations; Fetal metabolism; intrauterine growth retardation; transabdominal cord sampling; umbilical artery; umbilical vein

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

AMINO ACIDS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; UMBILICAL VEINS;

EID: 0023854113     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(88)90792-2     Document Type: Article

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