Metabolic alterations in the fetal hepatic and umbilical circulations during glucocorticoid-induced parturition in sheep

Pediatric Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-248

  Barbera, Antonio ^a   Wilkening, Randall B ^a   Teng, Cecilia ^a   Battaglia, Frederick C ^a,b   Meschia, Giacomo ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS LIVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TISSUE OXYGENATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031023235     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199702000-00015     Document Type: Article

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