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ey0018.2-19 | Maternal Obesity and Long-term Infant Consequences | ESPEYB18

2.19. Differences of DNA methylation patterns in the placenta of large for gestational age infant

Z Shen , Y Tang , Y Song , W Shen , C Zou

Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Sep 25;99(39):e22389. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000022389. PMID: 32991460.In this relatively small study (6 placenta) the placentas from mothers of infants born large for gestational age (LGA) were compared to placentas of appropriate gestational age (AGA) infants for changes in genome wide DNA methylation. There were significant differences in the specific meth...