Aetiology and Pathogenesis of IUGR

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 765-777

  Sankaran, Srividhya ^a   Kyle, Phillipa M ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler; fetal circulation; fetal growth; genes; intrauterine growth restriction; intrauterine programming; IUGR; placenta; uteroplacental insufficiency

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADRENOMEDULLIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GROWTH HORMONE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HUMAN PLACENTA LACTOGEN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE; POTASSIUM; PROLACTIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETOPLACENTAL UNIT; FETUS; FETUS CIRCULATION; FETUS GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; EMBRYOLOGY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETIC DISORDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MUSCLE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

BRAIN DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 71849091913     PISSN: 15216934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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