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Developmental mechanisms involved in the primary prevention of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 Apr 2011
Napoli Claudio
Abstract excerpt
The common belief that signs of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are clinically relevant only during adult and elderly age is gradually changing. Increasing evidence supports the concept that CVD is initiated through developmental in utero processes beginning before birth. Epigenetic and other unknown mechanisms underlying these developmental events are yet to be elucidated. The clinical...
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