Can fetal vascular morphology at 30 weeks of gestation have impact on cardiovascular outcomes in childhood?

J Hypertens

aDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Rolf Luft Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm bThe Sahlgrenska Center for Pediatric Ophthalmology Research, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Published: June 2014

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