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Association Between Maternal-Perceived Psychological Stress and Fetal Telomere Length
1 Dec 2016
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Our study aimed to investigate the association between maternal-perceived psychological stress and fetal telomere length. METHODS: We recruited women in labor upon hospital delivery admission. Based on responses to the Perceived Stress Scale, we categorized participants as having "high," "normal," or "low" perceived stress. We collected umbilical cord blood samples (N = 71) and isolated genomic DNA...
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