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Review
. 1997 Jan;53(1):96-108.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011609.

Fetal nutrition and cardiovascular disease in later life

D J Barker  1
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Review

Fetal nutrition and cardiovascular disease in later life

D J Barker. Br Med Bull. 1997 Jan.

Abstract

Recent finding suggest that many fetuses have to adapt to a limited supply of nutrients and in doing so they permanently change their physiology and metabolism. These 'programmed' changes may be the origins of a number of diseases in life, including coronary heart disease and the related disorders stroke, diabetes and hypertension.

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