Metabolism, maternal, calcium

The importance of prenatal nutrition fgr the development of the teeth and jaws is well recognized (155,156). While earlier studies were concerned chiefly with maternal metabolism of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D, recent experimental studies (75) direct attention also to other nutritional factors. 

C. S. Kovacs and H. M. Kronenberg Maternal-fetal calcium and bone metabolism during pregnancy, puerperium, and lactation. Endocrine Review 18, 832 (1997). 

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