MATERNAL PLASMA AS A SOURCE OF IRON FOR THE FETAL GUINEA PIG
- 1 May 1950
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 161 (2) , 202-211
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1950.161.2.202
Abstract
Using radioiron as a tracer the fetus of the guinea pig during the last half of pregnancy was demonstrated to receive sufficient Fe from the maternal plasma to account for that incorporated during growth. It is unnecessary to assume that the fetus derives Fe from maternal red blood cells during this part of gestation.Keywords
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