Gestational programming of offspring obesity/hypertension

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 591-599

  Novak, Donald A ^a   Desai, Mina ^b   Ross, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fetal origins; Hypertension; IUGR; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; GHRELIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33751308616     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14767050600708233     Document Type: Review

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