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Effects of Prenatal Nutrition and the Role of the Placenta in Health and Disease.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2018
Myatt Leslie, Thornburg Kent L
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Epidemiologic studies identified the linkage between exposures to stresses, including the type and plane of nutrition in utero with development of disease in later life. Given the critical roles of the placenta in mediating transport of nutrients between the mother and fetus and regulation of maternal metabolism, recent attention has focused on the role of the placenta in mediating the effect of altered...
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