Intrauterine nutrition: Its importance during critical periods for cardiovascular and endocrine development

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 514, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 617-627

  Hoet, J J ^a   Hanson, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; PROTEIN; GLUCOSE;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; ORGANOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; STROKE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PANCREAS ISLET; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0033082907     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.617ad.x     Document Type: Review

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