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Maternal obesity is associated with a reduction in placental taurine transporter activity

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Maternal obesity increases the risk of poor pregnancy outcome including stillbirth, pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction and fetal overgrowth. These pregnancy complications are associated with dysfunctional syncytiotrophoblast, the transporting epithelium of the human place...

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Autores principales: Ditchfield, A M, Desforges, M, Mills, T A, Glazier, J D, Wareing, M, Mynett, K, Sibley, C P, Greenwood, S L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4389721/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25547282
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2014.212