Does ageing originate in utero?

Biogerontology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 725-729

  Mentis, Alexios Fotios A ^a   Kararizou, Evangelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ageing; Epigenetics; In utero; Intrauterine environment; Medical hypothesis

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN;

AGING; ATTITUDE TO AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; NOTE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UTERUS;

EID: 78049235966     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: 15736768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10522-010-9293-4     Document Type: Note

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