INTRAUTERINE PROGRAMMING OF THE ADMIT CARDIOVASCULAR-SYSTEM

Authors
BARKER DJP
Citation
Djp. Barker, INTRAUTERINE PROGRAMMING OF THE ADMIT CARDIOVASCULAR-SYSTEM, Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension, 6(1), 1997, pp. 106-110
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension → ACNP
ISSN journal
10624821
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
106 - 110
Database
ISI
SICI code
1062-4821(1997)6:1<106:IPOTAC>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We have become accustomed to the idea that the major disorders oi adul t life, including coronary heart disease, stroke and diabetes, arise t hrough an interaction between influences in our adult lifestyle and a genetically determined susceptibility, Recent research, however, sugge sts that growth in utero may also play an important role.