The role of the one-carbon cycle in the developmental origins of type 2 diabetes and obesity

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-272

  Finer, S ^a   Saravanan, P ^b   Hitman, G ^c   Yajnik, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSITY; CARBON CYCLE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHYLMALONIC ACID; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84894104599     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12390     Document Type: Review

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