title: Life before birth: effects of cortisol on future cardiovascular and metabolic function.
abstract: The concept of fetal programming is an area that is now under rigorous investigation in many laboratories throughout the world. We need to engender a fascination in all segments of society, not just pregnant women, about life in the womb.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Everyone needs to understand that improving the condition of the fetus will have personal, social and economic benefits. The time has come to realize that, in a sense, it is not just women who are pregnant but it is the family and the whole of society.
authors.affiliation: Center for Women's Health Research, Department of Obstet. Gynecol., New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA. peter.nathanielsz@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Nathanielsz
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Berghorn
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Derks
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Giussani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Docherty
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Unno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Davenport
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kutzlers
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koenen
authors.forename: G H A
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Visser
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Nijland
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000378:metabolism*; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development / Q000502:physiology*; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000378:metabolism; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D010215:Papio; D010500:Perinatology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012756:Sheep; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine; D006854:Hydrocortisone