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Review: Endocrine regulation of placental phenotype.
Placenta - 1 Apr 2015
Fowden A L, Forhead A J, Sferruzzi-Perri A N, Burton G J, Vaughan O R
Abstract excerpt
Hormones have an important role in regulating fetal development. They act as environmental signals and integrate tissue growth and differentiation with relation to nutrient availability. While hormones control the developmental fate of resources available to the fetus, the actual supply of nutrients and oxygen to the fetus depends on the placenta. However, much less is known about the role of hormones in...
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