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The role of genetics in fetal programming of adult cardiometabolic disease.
Journal of developmental origins of health and disease - 1 Jun 2022
Sánchez-Soriano Carlos, Pearson Ewan R, Reynolds Rebecca M
Abstract excerpt
Disturbances affecting early development have broad repercussions on the individual's health during infancy and adulthood. Multiple observational studies throughout the years have shown that alterations of fetal growth are associated with increased cardiometabolic disease risks. However, the genetic component of this association only started to be investigated in the last 40 years, when single genes with distinct...
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