Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A and Placental Growth Factor in a Sub-Saharan African Population: A Nested Cross-Sectional Study

Joyce L. Browne; Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch; Maria P. H. Koster; Dhivya Ramamoorthy; Edward Antwi; Idder Belmouden; Arie Franx; Diederick E. Grobbee; Peter C. J. I. Schielen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159592

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Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A and Placental Growth Factor in a Sub-Saharan African Population: A Nested Cross-Sectional Study

Joyce L. Browne ,

* E-mail: J.L.Browne@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7048-3245

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Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch,

Affiliations Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Maria P. H. Koster,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Dhivya Ramamoorthy,

Affiliation Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Edward Antwi,

Affiliations Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Ghana Health Service, Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate, Accra, Ghana
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Idder Belmouden,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Diagnostics and Screening (IDS), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Arie Franx,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Diederick E. Grobbee,

Affiliation Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Peter C. J. I. Schielen

Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Diagnostics and Screening (IDS), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A and Placental Growth Factor in a Sub-Saharan African Population: A Nested Cross-Sectional Study

Joyce L. Browne,
Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch,
Maria P. H. Koster,
Dhivya Ramamoorthy,
Edward Antwi,
Idder Belmouden,
Arie Franx,
Diederick E. Grobbee,
Peter C. J. I. Schielen

Published: August 17, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159592

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