Telomere Length in Preterm Infants: A Promising Biomarker of Early Adversity and Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?
Preterm infants present an immature neurobehavioral profile at birth, even in absence of severe brain injuries and perinatal complications. As such, they require a long-lasting hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), which is thought to grant at-risk newborns’ survival, but still...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00295/full |