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The catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism moderates the effect of antenatal stress on childhood behavioural problems: longitudinal evidence across multiple ages.
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Feb 2012
Thompson John M D, Sonuga-Barke Edmund J, Morgan Angharad R, Cornforth Christine M, Turic Darko, Ferguson Lynnette R, Mitchell Edwin A, Waldie Karen E
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AIM: The functional polymorphism Val158Met in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene was analysed to determine its association with maternal stress and childhood total difficulties. METHOD: Data were collected at birth from a group of infants who were born small for gestational age and a group who were born at an appropriate size for gestational age and had been enrolled in the Auckland Birthweight...
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