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. 2000 Aug;84(2):219–226. doi: 10.1136/heart.84.2.219

Fetal and infant markers of adult heart diseases

M Jarvelin
PMCID: PMC1760928  PMID: 10908268

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Intrauterine programming by prenatal determinants and life course factors in heart diseases (GF, growth factor).

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