Hormonal and nutritional drivers of intrauterine growth

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 298-309

  Sferruzzi Perri, Amanda N ^a   Vaughan, Owen R ^a   Forhead, Alison J ^a   Fowden, Abigail L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

foetus; hormones; insulin; insulin like growth factor; leptin; nutrition; placenta; thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; INSULIN; OXYGEN; SOMATOMEDIN; THYROID HORMONE;

FETUS GROWTH; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; PLACENTA; PRENATAL GROWTH; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; TISSUE GROWTH;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; INSULIN; LEPTIN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXYGEN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SOMATOMEDINS; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 84876418353     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32835e3643     Document Type: Review

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