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Mechanisms by which poor early growth programs type-2 diabetes, obesity and the metabolic syndrome.
Physiology & behavior - 30 Jun 2006
Fernandez-Twinn D S, Ozanne S E
Abstract excerpt
Fetal programming is gaining momentum as a highly documented phenomenon which links poor early growth to adult disease. It is backed up by large cohorts in epidemiological studies worldwide and has been tested in various animal models. The root causes of programming link closely with maternal condition during pregnancy, and therefore the fetal environment. Suboptimal fetal environments due to poor or inadequate...
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