The intergenerational consequences of fetal programming

One proposed mechanism to explain the early life origins of disease is fetal overexposure to glucocorticoids. We have explored intergenerational effects in the dexamethasone-programmed rat, a model of fetal programming in which <i>in utero</i> exposure to excess glucocorticoid results in...

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Main Author: Drake, Amanda J.
Published: University of Edinburgh 2004
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.649710