Prenatal Infection, Preterm Birth & Adult Heart Disease (VIDEO)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

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Dr. Kristina Adams Waldorf explains how bacteria infections in the uterus during pregnancy can disrupt gene activity essential for heart formation in the fetus and lead to heart disease later in life

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