Polyol concentrations in the fluid compartments of the human conceptus during the first trimester of pregnancy: Maintenance of redox potential in a low oxygen environment

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1171-1175

  Jauniaux, Eric ^a   Hempstock, Joanne ^c   Teng, Cecilia ^b   Battaglia, Frederick C ^b   Burton, Graham J ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ERYTHRITOL; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; INOSITOL; KETOSE; LACTIC ACID; MANNITOL; OXYGEN; POLYOL; PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; RIBITOL; SORBITOL; SUGAR ALCOHOL;

AMNION FLUID LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FLUID; CELOM FLUID; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERVILLOUS FLUID; MATERNAL SERUM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOLUTE; TISSUE OXYGENATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 14044250278     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1513     Document Type: Article

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