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Prenatal Exposure to a Maternal Low Protein Diet Shortens Life Span in Rats
1 Jan 2001
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Postweaning diet restriction is associated with prolongation of life span, reduced age-related disease and slower ageing. The effects of diet restriction imposed prior to weaning have not been so well characterised, but studies suggest an opposite effect with increased age-related diseases occurring in offspring exposed to undernutrition in prenatal life. It remains unclear whether life span is...
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