| Description |
xv, 293 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The past and future of perinatal medicine -- Experimental models of low birth weight--insight into the developmental programming of metabolic health, aging, and immune function -- Cardiovascular consequences of IUGR : experimental aspects -- Fetal programming of endocrine function in IUGR offspring depends on the cause of low birth weight : evidence from animal models and the human FIPS-study -- Intrauterine corticosteroids for lung maturation : observations of HPA axis function and cardiac autonomic balance in the neonate -- Feast or famine : in the fast lane to puberty -- Early life origins of diabetes and obesity : general aspects and the thin-fat baby paradigm -- The outcome in offspring of obese mothers -- Short and long term effects of gestational obesity : clinical observations -- Emerging role of neuroendocrine programming in obesity -- Genetic influences on the long-term effects of the perinatal environment on energy homeostasis and offspring obesity -- Perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers : clinical data -- Experimental observations on perinatal programming in offspring of diabetic mothers -- Prenatal infections and long-term mental outcome : modeling schizophrenia-related dysfunctions using the prenatal Poly I : C model in mice -- Prenatal programming of cognition and emotion in humans : from birth to age 20 -- Perinatal programming of allergy -- Perinatal origin of testicular germ cell cancer : possible involvement of developmental re-programming -- Epigenetic adaptation during early life -- Toward a unifying concept on perinatal programming. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Perinatology.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Plagemann, Andreas.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9783110249446 (alk. paper) |
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9783110249453 (electronic bk.) |
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