Fetal programming of the metabolic syndrome

• Main Authors: Aleksandra Marciniak (Author), Jolanta Patro-Małysza (Author), Żaneta Kimber-Trojnar (Author), Beata Marciniak (Author), Jan Oleszczuk (Author), Bożena Leszczyńska-Gorzelak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Prenatal development is currently recognized as a critical period in the etiology of human diseases. This is particularly so when an unfavorable environment interacts with a genetic predisposition. The fetal programming concept suggests that maternal nutritional imbalance and metabolic disturbances...