Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 418-422 , May 2010

Maternal muscle mass may influence system A activity in human placenta

  • R.M. Lewis

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Developmental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Developmental Sciences, University of Southampton, MP 887 Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK. Tel.: +44 2380798663; fax: +44 2380795255.
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  • S.L. Greenwood

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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  • J.K. Cleal

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Developmental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
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  • S.R. Crozier

      Affiliations

    • MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, UK
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  • L. Verrall

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Developmental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
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  • H.M. Inskip

      Affiliations

    • MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, UK
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  • I.T. Cameron

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Developmental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
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  • C. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, UK
    • NIHR Nutrition Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
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  • C.P. Sibley

      Affiliations

    • Maternal and Fetal Health Research Group, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, School of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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  • M.A. Hanson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Developmental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK
    • NIHR Nutrition Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
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  • K.M. Godfrey

      Affiliations

    • MRC Epidemiology Resource Centre, University of Southampton, UK
    • NIHR Nutrition Biomedical Research Unit, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

,Accepted 1 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2010.02.001

Placenta
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 418-422 , May 2010

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