Fetal Programming, Epigenetics, and Adult Onset Disease

• Autores: Robert H. Lane
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 41, Nº. 4, 2014, págs. 815-831
• Idioma: inglés
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  • How early life events program adult disease is undergoing a transition from the broad field of maternal malnutrition to the current relevant issues of food deserts and prematurity. Although many adult diseases and morbidities associate with various early life events and programming, the morbidities of insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease, and obesity seem to be common end points of many early life events despite potential confounders.