Transient high glycaemic intake in the last trimester of pregnancy increases offspring birthweight and postnatal growth rate in sheep: A randomised control trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 975-983

  Smith, N A ^a   McAuliffe, F M ^a,b   Quinn, K ^a   Lonergan, P ^a   Evans, A C O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Fetal programming; Maternalnutrition

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FETAL MACROSOMIA; GROWTH; INSULIN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SHEEP;

EID: 65549133314     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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