Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5895584 | Placenta | 2011 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Higher maternal fat mass, reflecting the mother's current nutritional state, and larger maternal head circumference, reflecting the mother's fetal/infant growth, are associated with changes in the shape and size of the placental surface and greater placental efficiency. We suggest that these associations reflect effects of the mother's nutrition at different stages of her lifecourse on the development of the placenta and on materno-placento-fetal transfer of nutrients.
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Authors
N.R. Winder, G.V. Krishnaveni, S.R. Veena, J.C. Hill, C.L.S. Karat, K.L. Thornburg, C.H.D. Fall, D.J.P. Barker,