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Maternal prenatal depression is associated with decreased placental expression of the imprinted gene <i>PEG3</i>
15 Aug 2016
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BACKGROUND: Maternal prenatal stress during pregnancy is associated with fetal growth restriction and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes, which may be mediated by impaired placental function. Imprinted genes control fetal growth, placental development, adult behaviour (including maternal behaviour) and placental lactogen production. This study examined whether maternal prenatal depression was associated with...
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