Restriction of nutrition in utero selectively inhibits gastrointestinal growth in fetal sheep

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 637-641

  Trahair, Jeffrey F ^a   DeBarro, Tania M ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey S ^a   Owens, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

development; fetus; growth retardation; sheep; small intestine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN WEIGHT; SHEEP;

EID: 0030891954     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/127.4.637     Document Type: Article

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