Born from pre-eclamptic pregnancies predisposes infants to altered cortisol metabolism in the first postnatal year
(2015)
Journal Article
Broughton Pipkin, F., Mistry, H. D., Roy, C., Dick, B., Waugh, J., Chikhi, R., Kurlak, L., & Mohaupt, M. (2015). Born from pre-eclamptic pregnancies predisposes infants to altered cortisol metabolism in the first postnatal year. Endocrine Connections, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-15-0084
Pre-eclampsia leads to disturbed fetal organ development, including metabolic syndrome, attributed to altered pituitary-adrenal feedback loop. We measured cortisol metabolites in infants born from pre-eclamptic and normotensive women and hypothesised... Read More about Born from pre-eclamptic pregnancies predisposes infants to altered cortisol metabolism in the first postnatal year.