Maternal smoking and high BMI disrupt thyroid gland development

Abstract 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...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Filis, Sabine Hombach-Klonisch, Pierre Ayotte, Nalin Nagrath, Ugo Soffientini, Thomas Klonisch, Peter O’Shaughnessy, Paul A. Fowler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1183-7