Maternal concentrations and fetal-maternal concentration differences of plasma amino acids in normal and intrauterine growth-restricted pregnancies

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1575-1583

  Cetin, I ^a   Ronzoni, S ^a   Marconi, A M ^a   Perugino, G ^a   Corbetta, C ^a   Battaglia, F C ^a   Pardi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; fetal blood sampling; fetal concentrations; fetal maternal difference; intrauterine growth restriction; maternal concentrations

Indexed keywords

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OXYGENATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029991575     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(96)70609-9     Document Type: Article

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