Testing the fetal origins hypothesis in twins: The Birmingham twin study

Diabetologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-39

  Baird, J ^a   Osmond, C ^a   MacGregor, A ^b   Snieder, H ^b   Hales, C N ^c   Phillips, D I W ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Blood pressure; Fetal growth; Glucose tolerance; Programming; The "fetal origins" hypothesis; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; FASTING; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; INSULIN; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0035125538     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001250051577     Document Type: Article

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