Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 607-612 , July 2009

Expression of Enzymes Regulating Placental Ammonia Homeostasis in Human Fetal Growth Restricted Pregnancies

  • M. Jozwik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Biberach Teaching Hospital of Ulm University, 88400 Biberach, Germany
    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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  • B. Pietrzycki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
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  • M. Jozwik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-276 Bialystok, Poland
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  • R.V. Anthony

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Russell V. Anthony, Department of Biomedical Sciences, ARBL-Foothills Campus, 1683 Campus Delivery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1683, USA. Tel.: +1 970 491 2586; fax: +1 970 491 3557.

,Accepted 7 May 2009.

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PII: S0143-4004(09)00169-6

doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2009.05.005

Placenta
Volume 30, Issue 7 , Pages 607-612 , July 2009

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