Low birth weight: A possible risk factor also for liver diseases in adult life?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-438

  Donma, M M ^a,b   Donma, O ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT MORTALITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 0344304417     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00190-7     Document Type: Article

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