Fetal programming

Dzhobava E.M.

MDM Clinic, Moscow, Russia
Objective. To analyze the data of current scientific literature on the concept and mechanisms of fetal programming and on the role of some factors in the development of diseases.
Material and methods. The paper includes the data of Russian and foreign articles published in the past 10 years.
Results. The paper describes the basic presently known factors and mechanisms of fetal programming, as well as procedures for their optimization from the point of view of improving the overall health of offspring.
Conclusion. Fetal programming factors play a leading role in the development of chronic diseases in the offspring. The reasonable impact on them is a method to prevent diseases in adults and children.

Keywords

fetal programming
nutritional prevention
magnesium deficiency

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Received 08.12.2017

Accepted 22.12.2017

About the Authors

Dzhobava Eliso Murmanovna, the doctor of medical sciences, the doctor the obstetrics-gynecologist, MDM-CLINIC.
109377, Russia, Moscow, Leningradsky pr. 4. Tel.: +74953036269. E-mail: lis9@rambler.ru

For citations: Dzhobava E.M. Fetal programming.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2018; (3): 10-5. (in Russian)
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2018.3.10-15

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