Pregnancy as a Tissue Culture Experience: The Critical Implications of Maternal Metabolism for Fetal Development

Pregnancy Metabolism, Diabetes and the Fetus

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-28

  Freinkel, Norbert ^a   Metzger, Boyd E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Late gestation; Maternal metabolism; Pregnancy; Tissue culture experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899541790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470720462.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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