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Are female children more vulnerable to the long-term effects of maternal depression during pregnancy?

BACKGROUND: Female fetuses are more vulnerable to high levels of maternal glucocorticoids. We examined whether exposure to prenatal maternal depression, a condition associated with high glucocorticoids, carries greater risk for depression at 12 and 18 years in girls. METHODS: Our sample comprised 79...

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Autores principales: Quarini, Catherine, Pearson, Rebecca M., Stein, Alan, Ramchandani, Paul G., Lewis, Glyn, Evans, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier/North-Holland Biomedical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4650986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26469300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.09.039