Epigenetic biomarkers of preterm birth and its risk factors

Genes

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Knight, Anna K ^a   Smith, Alicia K ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Epigenetics; Gestation; Methylation; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLECALCIFEROL 24 HYDROXYLASE; FOLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DISEASE MARKER; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENOME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL STRESS; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84963775065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes7040015     Document Type: Review

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