Prenatal Stress and Risk of Infectious Diseases in Offspring

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Animal studies have suggested that prenatal stress could affect the immune system of the offspring. In a nation-wide cohort of all Danish children born from 1977 to 2004, the authors examined the association between prenatal stress, defined as maternal exposure to a stressful life event during pregnancy or in the 3-year period before conception, and the risk of severe or less severe infectious disease...

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