Maternal eating disorders affect offspring cord blood DNA methylation: a prospective study

Abstract Background Eating disorders (ED) are chronic psychiatric disorders, common amongst women of reproductive age. ED in pregnancy are associated with poor nutrition and abnormal intrauterine growth. Increasing evidence also shows offspring of women with ED have adverse developmental and birth o...

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Main Authors: Nabila Kazmi, Tom R. Gaunt, Caroline Relton, Nadia Micali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Clinical Epigenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13148-017-0418-3