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      The Effect of Maternal Hypothyroidism on Maternal and Fetal Tissue Glucose-1- 14C Incorporation in Rats

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      Hormone Research in Paediatrics
      S. Karger AG
      Hypothyroidism, Pregnancy, Carbohydrate metabolism

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          These experiments were conducted to help elucidate the mechanism for the impaired fetal development occurring during maternal hypothyroidism. The disposition of glucose was measured using glucose-1-<sup>14</sup>C. Maternal hypothyroidism depressed glucose utilization in the maternal-fetal system. Maternal net glycogen synthesis from the labeled glucose was impaired. However, while the fetal glycogen storage system may be capable of at least relatively normal glycogen synthesis, abnormally low levels of glycogen were measured. If, as the data suggest, enzymatic deficiencies do not exist, the low liver glycogen might be a result of the inability of the maternal-placental system to provide adequate substrate to the fetus.

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          Journal
          HRE
          Horm Res Paediatr
          10.1159/issn.1663-2818
          Hormone Research in Paediatrics
          S. Karger AG
          1663-2818
          1663-2826
          1975
          1975
          21 November 2008
          : 6
          : 4
          : 236-246
          Affiliations
          School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Ga., and Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga.
          Article
          178697 Horm Res 1975;6:236–246
          10.1159/000178697
          1225815
          4745d5bd-73e8-4763-bc3a-7d6ad587666c
          © 1975 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 11
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          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Hypothyroidism,Carbohydrate metabolism,Pregnancy

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