Plasma amino acid concentrations throughout normal pregnancy and early stages of intrauterine growth restricted pregnancy

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 356-362

  Di Giulio, A M ^a   Carelli, S ^a   Castoldi, R E ^a   Gorio, A ^a   Taricco, E ^a   Cetin, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

First trimester of pregnancy; Intrauterine growth restriction; Maternal and fetal amino acids; Metabolic adaptation; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 4043181247     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050410001725578     Document Type: Article

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