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The Impact of Early Life Stress on Growth and Cardiovascular Risk: A Possible Example for Autonomic Imprinting?
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Buchhorn Reiner, Meint Sebastian, Willaschek Christian
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INTRODUCTION: Early life stress is imprinting regulatory properties with life-long consequences. We investigated heart rate variability in a group of small children with height below the third percentile, who experienced an episode of early life stress due to heart failure or intra uterine growth retardation. These children appear to develop autonomic dysfunction in later life. RESULTS: Compared to the healthy...
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