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Lipid Metabolism in Pregnancy

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It is not a new idea that lipid metabolism is altered during pregnancy. Virchow1 and Becquerel and Rodier2 observed lipemia during pregnancy in the nineteenth century and concluded that it represented an elevation in plasma lipids. It is known that certain fatty acids are essential in the diet, and it follows that the mother must supply these fatty acids to the fetus.3

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