The fetal origins of hypertension: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence from animal experiments of maternal undernutrition

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2255-2267

  Van Abeelen, Annet F M ^a,b   Veenendaal, Marjolein V E ^a   Painter, Rebecca C ^a   De Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Thangaratinam, Shakila ^c   Van Der Post, Joris A M ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a   Elias, Sjoerd G ^b   Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^b   Saade, George R ^d   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a   Khan, Khalid S ^e   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

animal studies; fetal programming; hypertension; maternal undernutrition; protein undernutrition

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 84870241110     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: 14735598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283588e0f     Document Type: Review

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