Grandmothers’ smoking in pregnancy is associated with a reduced prevalence of early-onset myopia

Myopia (near sightedness) is the most common vision disorder resulting in visual impairment worldwide. We tested the hypothesis that intergenerational, non-genetic heritable effects influence refractive development, using grandparental prenatal smoking as a candidate exposure. Using data from the Av...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Williams, Cathy, Suderman, Matthew, Guggenheim, Jeremy A., Ellis, Genette, Gregory, Steve, Iles-Caven, Yasmin, Northstone, Kate, Golding, Jean, Pembrey, Marcus
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6817861/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31659193
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51678-9
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