Taurine as a marker for foetal wellbeing?

Neonatology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 145-154

  De Boo, Hendrina A ^a   Harding, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foetus; Growth; Hypoxia; Intrauterine growth restriction; Metabolism; Sheep; Taurine

Indexed keywords

TAURINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GROWTH RATE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANOXEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HYPOXIA; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISCHEMIA; LACTIC ACID; MICROSPHERES; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; TAURINE;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33947610711     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097445     Document Type: Article

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