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In rapidly growing and metabolically highly active tissues, such as those of the human feto-placental unit, large amounts of purine nucleotides are required. The role of the placenta in the feto-placental purine metabolism as well as the details of placental, and especially trophoblastic, purine metabolism, and their possible changes with gestation are, however, largely unknown.
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Raivio, K.O., Vettenranta, K. (1989). Changes in Trophoblastic Purine Metabolism with Aging of the Placenta. In: Mikanagi, K., Nishioka, K., Kelley, W.N. (eds) Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man VI. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 253A. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5673-8_65
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