Browsing by Subject "Hypoxia"
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(Springer, 2014)The quality of the intrauterine environment interacts with our genetic makeup to shape the risk of developing disease in later life. Fetal chronic hypoxia is a common complication of pregnancy. This chapter reviews how ...
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Epigenetic Programming of Cardiovascular Disease by Perinatal Hypoxia and Fetal Growth Restriction (INTECH, 2017)Most of the worldwide deaths in patients with non-communicable diseases are due to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, which are determined by a mix of environmental, genetic and epigenetic factors, and by their ...
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(Springer, 2022)Perinatal asphyxia implies oxygen interruption at birth, leading to death whenever reoxygenation is not promptly reestablished. Reoxygenation triggers a cascade of biochemical events for restoring function at the cost of ...