It takes three to tango: Genes complicate the association between birth weight and cardiovascular disease

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2773-2775

  Palinski, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; Editorials; fetus; prevention; risk factors

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79959509855     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.037432     Document Type: Review

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