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DNA methylation as a predictor of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

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Abstract
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Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is a developmental disorder that manifests through a range of cognitive, adaptive, physiological, and neurobiological deficits resulting from prenatal alcohol exposure. Although the North American prevalence is currently estimated at 2-5%, FASD has proven difficult to identify in the absence of the overt physical features characteristic of fetal alcohol syndrome. As interventions may have the greatest impact at an early age, accurate biomarkers are needed to identify children at risk for FASD. Building on our previous work identifying distinct DNA methylation patterns in children and adolescents with FASD, we have attempted to validate these associations in a different clinical cohort and to use our DNA methylation signature to develop a possible epigenetic predictor of FASD.

Year of Publication
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0
Journal
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Clinical epigenetics
Volume
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10
Number of Pages
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5
Date Published
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2018
ISSN Number
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1868-7075
URL
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https://clinicalepigeneticsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13148-018-0439-6
DOI
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10.1186/s13148-018-0439-6
Short Title
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Clin Epigenetics
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