Effects of Prenatal Exposure to the Dutch Famine on Adult Disease in Later Life: An Overview
Abstract People who were small at birth have been shown to have an increased risk of CHD and chronic bronchitis in later life. These findings have led to the fetal origins hypothesis that proposes that the fetus adapts to a limited supply of nutrients, and in doing so it permanently alters its physiology and metabolism, which could increase its risk of disease in later life. The Dutch famine — though a historical disaster — provides a unique opportunity to study effects of undernutrition during gestation in humans. People who had been exposed to famine in late or mid gestation had reduced gluc... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2001 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Twin Research ; volume 4, issue 5, page 293-298 ; ISSN 1369-0523 2053-6003 |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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Schlagwörter: | Genetics (clinical) / Obstetrics and Gynecology / Pediatrics / Perinatology and Child Health |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26691548 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/twin.4.5.293 |