DNA methylation signature of human fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Epigenetics and Chromatin

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Portales Casamar, Elodie ^a   Lussier, Alexandre A ^b   Jones, Meaghan J ^b   MacIsaac, Julia L ^b   Edgar, Rachel D ^b   Mah, Sarah M ^b   Barhdadi, Amina ^c   Provost, Sylvie ^c   Lemieux Perreault, Louis Philippe ^c   Cynader, Max S ^d   Chudley, Albert E ^e   Dubé, Marie Pierre ^c,f   Reynolds, James N ^g   Pavlidis, Paul ^a   Kobor, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CANADA; CANADIAN; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84978419828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17568935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13072-016-0074-4     Document Type: Article

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