Factors influencing fetal growth

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 283-288

  Mongelli, Max ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Fetus; IUGR; Placenta

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C;

BIRTH WEIGHT; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 0043020610     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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