Ketone Body Production and Metabolism in the Fetus and Neonate

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology: Third Edition

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2003, Pages 419-428

  Williamson, Dermot H ^b   Thornton, Paul S ^a  

^a Cook Children's Medical Center ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7216-9654-6.50046-1     Document Type: Chapter

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