Organ-selective growth in the offspring of protein-restricted mothers

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 591-603

  Desai, Mina ^a   Crowther, Nigel J ^a   Lucas, Alan ^b   Hales, C Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Maternal diet; Nutritional programming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART WEIGHT; HUMAN; KIDNEY MASS; LACTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LUNG WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MUSCLE; ORGAN GROWTH; PANCREAS; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEART; KIDNEY; LACTATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PANCREAS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029846817     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19960065     Document Type: Article

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