Low birth weight and early life origins of adult disease: Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-13

  Grella, P V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Gynecological Sciences and Human Reproduction ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD NUTRITION; DNA METHYLATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUROPE; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATURITY ONSET DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247480550     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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