Nutritional paradigms of ovine fetal growth restriction: Implications for human pregnancy

Human Fertility

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-187

  Luther, Justin S ^a,b   Redmer, Dale A ^b   Reynolds, Lawrence P ^b   Wallace, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Human; Nutrition; Pregnancy; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NONHUMAN; OVERNUTRITION; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 28244461987     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14647270500320121     Document Type: Article

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