The role of the placenta in fetal nutrition and growth.

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 206-222

  Garnica, Adolfo D ^a   Chan, Wai Yee ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOISOCAPROIC ACID; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GROWTH FACTOR; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; OXYGEN; PLACENTAL PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROLACTIN; PROSTAGLANDIN; SERINE; SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN RECEPTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; CORPUS LUTEUM; DIFFUSION; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIPID TRANSPORT; MACROSOMIA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLACENTA; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLUCOSE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MICE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL HORMONES; PREGNANCY; RABBITS; RATS;

EID: 0029994295     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1996.10718591     Document Type: Article

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