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DNA methylation as a predictor of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Clinical epigenetics - 1 Jan 2018
Lussier Alexandre A, Morin Alexander M, MacIsaac Julia L, Salmon Jenny, Weinberg Joanne, Reynolds James N, Pavlidis Paul, Chudley Albert E, Kobor Michael S
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Background: Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a developmental disorder that manifests through a range of cognitive, adaptive, physiological, and neurobiological deficits resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure. Although the North American prevalence is currently estimated at 2-5%, FASD has proven difficult to identify in the absence of the overt physical features characteristic of fetal alcohol syndrome....
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