Journal
PLACENTA
Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 468-471Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2008.12.013
Keywords
Allometry; Metabolic scaling; Placenta; Birth weight
Funding
- NIMH NIH HHS [K23 MH067857-05] Funding Source: Medline
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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. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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