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METABOLIC ADAPTATION TO PREGNANCY |
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| Abstract: | Maternal starvation for 96 hours in mid-pregnancy causes hypoglycemia, hypoinsulinemia, a modest rise in plasma free fatty acids and human placental lactogen, and a huge rise in ketone bodies. Most of these changes are shared by the fetus. |
| Keywords: | starvation human pregnancy glucose ketone bodies insulin human placental lactogen alanine amniotic fluid |