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Research Paper

Early-pregnancy maternal body mass index is associated with common DNA methylation markers in cord blood and placenta: a paired-tissue epigenome-wide association study

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Pages 808-818 | Received 27 Feb 2021, Accepted 21 Jul 2021, Published online: 12 Aug 2021

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