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Prenatal maternal depressive symptoms and infant DNA methylation: a longitudinal epigenome-wide study
9 May 2019
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Background: Prenatal maternal stress increases the risk of offspring developmental and psychological difficulties. The biological mechanisms behind these associations are mostly unknown. One explanation suggests that exposure of the fetus to maternal stress may influence DNA methylation. However, this hypothesis is largely based on animal studies, and human studies of candidate genes from single timepoints.Aim:...
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