Placental nutrient supply and fetal growth

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 377-390

  Desforges, Michelle ^a   Sibley, Colin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetus; Placenta; Syncytiotrophoblast; System A

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OVERGROWTH; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK FACTOR; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSPORT KINETICS; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULARIZATION;

FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 77950362895     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.082765md     Document Type: Article

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