Telomere Length in Preterm Infants: A Promising Biomarker of Early Adversity and Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit?

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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Main Authors: Livio Provenzi, Giunia Scotto di Minico, Roberto Giorda, Rosario Montirosso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
adversity
epigenetics
neonatal intensive care unit
pain
preterm birth
stress
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00295/full

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