TY  - BOOK
AU  - Battaglia, Frederick C.
ED  - Nestle Nutrition Services
TI  - Placental function and fetal nutrition
T2  - Nestle´ Nutrition workshop series volume 39
SN  - 0781714060
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - Lippincott-Raven
KW  - BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, physiology
KW  - CONGRESSES
KW  - FOETAL GROWTH RETARDATION, metabolism
KW  - FOETUS, embryology
KW  - NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY
KW  - PLACENTA, physiology
KW  - PREGNANCY
N2  - Hardback; This text, covering the 39th Nestle Nutrition Workshop, is based on a presentation forum by international specialists in placental function and foetal nutrition. The five sessions of the conference include a mixture of basic and clinical research topics, and follow the progress made in understanding placental transport and metabolism and its impact on human preganancy. There are descriptions of normal foetal growth and metabolism, along with explorations of how specific maternal diseases affect foetal and placental nutrition. It includes suggestions for potential therapeutic application to human pregnancies
ER  -