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Metabolic consequences of intrauterine growth retardation.
Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992). Supplement - 1 Nov 1997
Hales C N
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies have revealed strong and reproducible links between indices of poor fetal, and possibly infant, growth and susceptibility to the development of glucose intolerance and insulin resistance syndrome in adult life. The 'thrifty phenotype' hypothesis has been proposed to explain these associations. Key features of the hypothesis are: (i) intrauterine growth retardation has a nutritional basis...
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