Prenatal alcohol exposure: Implications for cardiovascular function in the fetus and beyond

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Parkington, Helena C ^a   Coleman, Harold A ^a   Wintour, E Marelyn ^a   Tare, Marianne ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol and programming; Alcohol in pregnancy; Arterial stiffness; Endothelial function; Fetal alcohol; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; STRESS; STROKE; VASCULAR CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; STROKE;

EID: 75649093725     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2009.05342.x     Document Type: Review

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