Maternal-fetal metabolism in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2457-2470

  Von Versen Hoeynck, Frauke Martha ^a,b,c   Powers, Robert William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Carbohydrate; Lipid; Metabolism; Placenta; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Review; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 36048948206     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/2247     Document Type: Review

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