Fetal programming of neuropsychiatric disorders

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 207-223

  Faa, Gavino ^a   Manchia, Mirko ^b,c   Pintus, Roberta ^b   Gerosa, Clara ^a   Marcialis, Maria Antonietta ^b   Fanos, Vassilios ^b  

^a University Hospital San Giovanni di Dio   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fetal programming; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; BRAIN; EMBRYOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84992533051     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: 15429768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.21139     Document Type: Review

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