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Maternal underweight and obesity are associated with placental pathologies in human pregnancy
2021-06-04
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<h4>Introduction</h4> Maternal underweight and obesity are prevalent conditions, associated with chronic, low-grade inflammation, poor fetal development, and long-term adverse outcomes for the child. The placenta senses and adapts to the pregnancy environment in an effort to support optimal fetal development. However, the mechanisms driving these adaptations, and the resulting placental phenotypes, are poorly unde...
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- Literature Corpus work
- eabba45f-e5cb-5319-9ba3-4cd29385001b
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.06.01.21258127
