Higher weight at birth is related to decreased maternal amino acid oxidation during pregnancy

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 852-857

  Duggleby, Sarah L ^a,b   Jackson, Alan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid oxidation; Birth weight; Fetal origins; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Urea production; White women

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN 15; UREA;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEWBORN; OXIDATION; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UREA CYCLE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0036784054     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.4.852     Document Type: Article

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