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Birth weight-for-gestational age is associated with DNA methylation at birth and in childhood
BACKGROUND: Both higher and lower fetal growth are associated with cardio-metabolic health later in life, suggesting that prenatal developmental programming determines long-term cardiovascular disease risk. Epigenetic mechanisms, which orchestrate fetal growth and development, may offer insight on t...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5112715/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27891191 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13148-016-0285-3 |