Higher weight at birth is related to decreased maternal amino acid oxidation during pregnancy
Background: Small size at birth is associated with cardiovascular disease in adult life. Decreased fetal growth may result from a limitation in the nutrient supply to the fetus. Net tissue deposition in the mother and fetus increases the demand for nitrogen, but because maternal consumption of prote...
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2002-10.
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