Maternal adverse childhood experiences impact fetal adrenal volume in a sex-specific manner

Highlights Three-dimensional ultrasound serves as a non-invasive way to measure fetal adrenal volume as a proxy for development of the fetal hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis. Weight-adjusted fetal adrenal volume (waFAV) differed between subgroups based on offspring sex and the mother’s history of...

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Main Authors: Korrina A. Duffy, Mary D. Sammel, Rachel L. Johnson, Deborah R. Kim, Eileen Y. Wang, Grace Ewing, Liisa Hantsoo, Sara L. Kornfield, Tracy L. Bale, C. Neill Epperson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-02-01
Series:Biology of Sex Differences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00492-0

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