Placental transport and fetal utilization of leucine in a model of fetal growth retardation

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 270, Issue 3 33-3, 1996, Pages

  Ross, John C ^a   Fennessey, Paul V ^a   Wilkening, Randall B ^a   Battaglia, Frederick C ^a   Meschia, Giacomo ^a,b  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

fetus; heat stress; leucine oxidation; leucine turnover; placenta; sheep

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LEUCINE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0029984416     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1996.270.3.e491     Document Type: Article

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