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Review
. 2006:65 Suppl 3:41-9.
doi: 10.1159/000091505. Epub 2006 Apr 10.

Regulation of maternal metabolism by pituitary and placental hormones: roles in fetal development and metabolic programming

M Freemark  1
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Regulation of maternal metabolism by pituitary and placental hormones: roles in fetal development and metabolic programming

M Freemark. Horm Res. 2006.

Abstract

This review outlines the regulation of maternal metabolism by hormones, cytokines and growth factors, highlighting recent studies that implicate disordered somatolactogen signalling in the pathogenesis of perinatal growth failure and the development of the metabolic syndrome.

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