Impact of fetal programming, birth weight, and infant feeding on later hypertension.
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.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Nephrology, MassGeneral Hospital for Children/MGH, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. jingelfinger@partners.org
Julie R
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Ingelfinger
Anne-Monique
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D001724:Birth Weight; D018450:Disease Progression; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D047109:Fetal Development; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D007225:Infant Food; D011295:Prenatal Care; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology