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Sex-specific programming of hypertension in offspring of late-gestation diabetic rats.
Pediatric research - 1 Oct 2012
Katkhuda Ragheed, Peterson Emily S, Roghair Robert D, Norris Andrew W, Scholz Thomas D, Segar Jeffrey L
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BACKGROUND: The intrauterine environment strongly influences adult disease susceptibility. We used a rat model of third-trimester maternal diabetes to test the hypothesis that adult offspring exposed to hyperglycemia in utero display increased blood pressure and alterations in vascular responsiveness. METHODS: Diabetes was induced by streptozotocin injection to pregnant rats on gestation day 13 (term 21 d) and...
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