Fetal Requirements and Placental Transfer of Nitrogenous Compounds

Fetal and Neonatal Physiology E-Book, Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 585-602

  Hay, William W ^a   Regnault, Timothy Robert Hume ^b   Brown, Laura D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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