Metabolic scaling law for fetus and placenta.
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چکیده
The human fetal birth weight does not scale linearly with the weight of the placenta, but exhibits an allometric scaling consistent with Kleiber's Law for the basal metabolic rate. We discuss the possible causes of such scaling, and its clinical consequences. In particular, we show that the value of the scaling exponent is an indicator of a normal fetoplacental development.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Placenta
دوره 30 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009