Liver function tests and glucose and lipid metabolism in growth- restricted fetuses

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 290-294

  Roberts, Alistair ^a   Nava, Simona ^a   Bocconi, Luisa ^a   Salmona, Sarah ^a   Nicolini, Umberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPID; OXYGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ABDOMEN; ACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; FETAL BLOOD; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER;

EID: 0032815332     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(99)00235-5     Document Type: Article

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