Article
Prenatal exposure to nicotine modifies kidney weight and blood pressure in genetically susceptible rats: a case of gene-environment interaction.
Kidney international - 1 Sept 2003
Pausová Zdenka, Paus Tomás, Sedová Lucie, Bérubé Julie
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BACKGROUND: Epidemiologic studies suggest that in utero exposure to maternal smoking is associated with elevated blood pressure (BP) later in life. Our aims were: (1) to examine effects of intrauterine exposure to nicotine on BP and hypertension target-organ size in rats; and (2) to investigate w...
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