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maternal physiology

Study of the physiologic, biochemical, and anatomic changes that occur during pregnancy.
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2014
Review
2014
The Maternal Brain: An Organ with Peripartal Plasticity
The time of pregnancy, birth, and lactation, is characterized by numerous specific alterations in several systems of the maternal… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Antepartum and Postpartum Hemorrhage
Review
2013
Review
2013
Placental Disease and the Maternal Syndrome of Preeclampsia: Missing Links?
Preeclampsia remains a significant obstetric risk worldwide. The pathophysiology of preeclampsia is complex, with multiple stages… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
RNA Sequencing of the Human Milk Fat Layer Transcriptome Reveals Distinct Gene Expression Profiles at Three Stages of Lactation
Aware of the important benefits of human milk, most U.S. women initiate breastfeeding but difficulties with milk supply lead some… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Environmental Quality, Developmental Plasticity and the Thrifty Phenotype: A Review of Evolutionary Models
  • J. Wells
  • Evolutionary bioinformatics online
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 16510307
The concept of the thrifty phenotype, first proposed by Hales and Barker, is now widely used in medical research, often in… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Alterations in the Maternal Peripheral Microvascular Response in Pregnancies Complicated by Preeclampsia and the Impact of Fetal Sex
Review
2001
Review
2001
Physiologic changes in pregnancy and their effect on drug disposition.
Changes in maternal physiology occur normally during pregnancy and have the potential to alter the absorption, distribution, and… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
The placenta and the prolactin family of hormones: regulation of the physiology of pregnancy.
After fertilization, the next major hurdle for reproduction in eutherian mammals is trophoblast differentiation, which is… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Maternal transmission of congenital heart diseases: new recurrence risk figures and the questions of cytoplasmic inheritance and vulnerability to teratogens.
Review
1978
Review
1978
Effects of cannabinoids on reproduction and development.
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