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Review
. 2012 Jun;14(6):365-71.
doi: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00660.x. Epub 2012 May 21.

Impact of fetal programming, birth weight, and infant feeding on later hypertension

Julie R Ingelfinger  1 , Anne-Monique Nuyt
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Review

Impact of fetal programming, birth weight, and infant feeding on later hypertension

Julie R Ingelfinger et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2012 Jun.

Abstract

The concept of developmental origins of adult disease derives from both epidemiologic and basic sciences. This brief review considers the impact of the intrauterine milieu, intrauterine growth retardation, premature birth, and infant feeding on later hypertension and kidney disease.

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Perinatal stressors, growth, and cardiorenal endowment. This figure shows the length during which certain organ systems of interest develop, as well as potential timing of insults. Depending on whether there are intrauterine or perinatal challenges will inform the potential trajectories of health and disease throughout subsequent development and in adult life.
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