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Prenatal Tobacco Smoke Exposure Is Associated with Childhood DNA CpG Methylation
25 Jun 2014
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BACKGROUND: Smoking while pregnant is associated with a myriad of negative health outcomes in the child. Some of the detrimental effects may be due to epigenetic modifications, although few studies have investigated this hypothesis in detail. OBJECTIVES: To characterize site-specific epigenetic modifications conferred by prenatal smoking exposure within asthmatic children. METHODS: Using Illumina...
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