Effect of in utero and early-life conditions on adult health and disease.

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Published in N Engl J Med on July 03, 2008

Authors

Peter D Gluckman1, Mark A Hanson, Cyrus Cooper, Kent L Thornburg

Author Affiliations

1: Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, and National Research Centre for Growth and Development, Auckland, New Zealand. pd.gluckman@auckland.ac.nz

Associated clinical trials:

Intergenerational Programming of Diabesity in Offspring of Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (InDiaGDM) | NCT03388723

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