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Prenatal Maternal Bereavement and Congenital Heart Defects in Offspring: A Registry-Based Study
26 Mar 2013
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OBJECTIVES: It has been suggested that maternal emotional stress during cardiogenesis may be a risk factor for congenital heart defects (CHD). We examined this association using bereavement around the time of conception as an indicator of maternal exposure to stress in a large registry-based study. METHODS: We identified 1,770,878 singletons born in Denmark from January 1, 1978, to December 31, 2008. Of these,...
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