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Continuous psychological distress in pregnant mothers may be associated with higher epilepsy diagnosis rates in their young kids, per Japanese study of more than 97,000 1-3-year-olds

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The impact of maternal prenatal psychological distress on the development of epilepsy in offspring: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

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Continuous psychological distress in pregnant mothers may be associated with higher epilepsy diagnosis rates in their young kids.

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Continuous psychological distress in pregnant mothers may be associated with higher epilepsy diagnosis rates in their young kids, per Japanese study of more than 97,000 1-3-year-olds

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0311666

Article Title: The impact of maternal prenatal psychological distress on the development of epilepsy in offspring: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Author Countries: Japan

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.


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