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Nutritional regulation of fetal growth.
Nestle Nutrition Institute workshop series - 1 Jan 2013
Bloomfield Frank H, Jaquiery Anne L, Oliver Mark H
Abstract excerpt
Fetal growth is largely regulated by nutritional supply. The placenta is responsible for fetal nutrient supply for much of pregnancy, but in early pregnancy nutrition is histiotrophic. Both placental size and efficiency, and fetal growth, may be affected by maternal nutritional state before and during very early pregnancy. In contrast, manipulating maternal nutrition during later stages of pregnancy has a smaller...
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