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Adult-Onset Diseases in Low Birth Weight Infants: Association with Adipose Tissue Maldevelopment
19 Dec 2019
Abstract excerpt
Low birth weight (LBW) infants have higher risk of developing insulin resistance and its comorbidities later in life. The concept of "developmental origins of health and disease" suggests that intrauterine and postnatal environments have an important role in increasing these risks. The risk of such adult-onset diseases in LBW infants might be associated with adipose tissue maldevelopment including altered body...
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