Prematurity - A window of opportunity?

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 351, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2229-2231

  Sperling, Mark A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; TOLBUTAMIDE;

ARTERY LIGATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET THERAPY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEFICIENCY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OBESITY; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; RNA SPLICING; SHUNTING; SURVIVAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8644222157     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe048274     Document Type: Editorial

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