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Metabolic programming in animals
1 Nov 2001
Abstract excerpt
A large number of epidemiological studies have revealed that there is a relationship between early growth restriction and the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes or the metabolic syndrome. The mechanistic basis of this relationship and the relative roles played by genes and the environment remains the subject of much current debate. Animal models of early growth restriction have been developed in an attempt...
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