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Impaired Fetal Growth, Low Birth Weight Linked to Poor Heart Health in Adulthood
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Title Impaired Fetal Growth, Low Birth Weight Linked to Poor Heart Health in Adulthood
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572862?src=rss
Description In a 1996 birth cohort in northern Finland, these perinatal characteristics appear to lead to systemic low-grade inflammation, which may increase the risk for adverse adult cardiovascular health. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Apr 12, 2008
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