Fetal progamming of cardiovascular dysfunction in intrauterine growth restriction.
BACKGROUNDFetal growth restriction (FGR), with a prevalence of 5-10% in newborns, is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in adulthood, but the pathophysiological links of this relationship are only partially understood. The main hypothesis of this thesis was that FGR induces primary c...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Universitat de Barcelona
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/2276 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:9788469315750 |