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Maternal smoking and high BMI disrupt thyroid gland development
BACKGROUND: Maternal lifestyle factors, including smoking and increased body weight, increase risks of adult diseases such as metabolic syndrome and infertility. The fetal thyroid gland is essential for the control of fetal metabolic rate, cardiac output, and brain development. Altered fetal thyroid...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6198368/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30348172 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1183-7 |