Intrauterine vascular development: programming effects of nutrition on vascular function in the new born and adult.
The importance of the Barker hypothesis, relating faulty maternal nutrition to low birth weight and subsequent disease in adult life, is examined in relation to vascular function.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000196:embryology*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats