Maternal stress and psychological distress preconception: association with offspring atopic eczema at age 12 months.
Sarah El-HeisS R CrozierE HealyS M RobinsonN C HarveyC CooperH M InskipJ Bairdnull nullK M GodfreyPublished in: Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2017)
Our data provide novel evidence linking maternal stress at preconception to atopic eczema risk, supporting a developmental contribution to the aetiology of atopic eczema and pointing to potentially modifiable influences.