Fetal myocardial hypertrophy in an experimental model of gestational diabetes

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 609-613

  Menezes, Honório S ^a   Barra, Marinez ^a   Belló, André R ^a   Martins, Cristiano B ^a   Zielinsky, Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Diabetes; Fetal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARDIOMEGALY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; LIVER; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; RAT; STATISTICS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOMEGALY; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; HEART; LIVER; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN DIABETICS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS;

EID: 0035522789     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951101000956     Document Type: Article

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