Pre-eclampsia and barker's hypothesis: are we beginning to see the trees within the forest?

Stephanie M Tsoi¹, Martina Steurer^{1

2}, Emin Maltepe¹, Jeffrey R Fineman^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Jeff.fineman@ucsf.edu.
⁴ Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Jeff.fineman@ucsf.edu.

Stephanie M Tsoi et al. Pediatr Res. 2024 Sep.

. 2024 Sep;96(4):826-827.

doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03264-7. Epub 2024 May 31.

Stephanie M Tsoi¹, Martina Steurer^{1

2}, Emin Maltepe¹, Jeffrey R Fineman^{3

4}

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Jeff.fineman@ucsf.edu.
⁴ Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Jeff.fineman@ucsf.edu.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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