Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5689535 | European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Our results demonstrate a significant association of smoke exposure in utero at early pregnancy with shortened fetal relative telomere length in the developing lung and suggest that the detrimental effect of smoking exposure on future disease sequelae may start at the early stages of pregnancy.
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Authors
Hooman Mirzakhani, Immaculata De Vivo, J. Steven Leeder, Roger Gaedigk, Carrie A. Vyhlidal, Scott T. Weiss, Kelan Tantisira,