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Does the thrifty phenotype result from chronic glutamate intoxication? A hypothesis.
Journal of perinatal medicine - 1 Jan 2003
Hermanussen Michael, Tresguerres Jesus A F
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The thrifty phenotype hypothesis proposes that the epidemiological associations between poor fetal and infant growth and the subsequent development of the metabolic syndrome, result from the effects of poor nutrition in early life. The present review however, considers an opposite explanation. We hypothesize that fetal over-nutrition plays a major role in the development of the metabolic syndrome. We found...
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