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Original Article

Placenta nutrient transport-related gene expression: the impact of maternal obesity and excessive gestational weight gain

Kendra Elizabeth Brett1 Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ;2 Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada,
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Zachary Michael Ferraro1 Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ;3 Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada,
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Martin Holcik4 Molecular Biomedicine Program, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, and ;5 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Kristi Bree Adamo1 Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ;2 Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ;5 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1399-1405 | Received 07 Jan 2015, Accepted 06 May 2015, Published online: 11 Jun 2015

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