IUGR decreases cardiomyocyte endowment and alters cardiac metabolism in a sex- and cause-of-IUGR-specific manner

Botting, KJ; Loke, XY; Zhang, S; Andersen, JB; Nyengaard, JR; Morrison, JL

Morrison, JL (reprint author), Univ South Australia, Sch Pharm & Med Sci, Sansom Inst Hlth Res, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY, 2018; 315 (1): R48

Abstract

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) increases the risk of ischemic heart disease in adulthood. Studies in rats suggest cardiac vulnerability is mor......

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