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Genome-wide DNA methylation associations with spontaneous preterm birth in US blacks: findings in maternal and cord blood samples
6 Feb 2017
Abstract excerpt
Preterm birth (PTB) affects one in six Black babies in the United States. Epigenetics is believed to play a role in PTB; however, only a limited number of epigenetic studies of PTB have been reported, most of which have focused on cord blood DNA methylation (DNAm) and/or were conducted in white populations. Here we conducted, by far, the largest epigenome-wide DNAm analysis in 300 Black women who delivered early...
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