APOL1 genotype associated risk for preeclampsia in African populations: Rationale and protocol design for studies in women of African ancestry in resource limited settings

• Charlotte Osafo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: charlotte.osafo@thebankhospital.com

  Affiliations Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, The Bank Hospital, Cantonment, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2648-626X

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• Nicholas Ekow Thomford,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pharmacogenomics and Genomic Medicine Group, Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana, Division of Human Genetics, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Jerry Coleman ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JC, AC, CG and PO also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana

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• Abraham Carboo ,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JC, AC, CG and PO also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Chris Guure ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization

  ¶‡ JC, AC, CG and PO also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Perditer Okyere ,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JC, AC, CG and PO also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Medical Sciences, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Dwomoa Adu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dwomoa Adu, Richard Adanu, Rulan S. Parekh, David Burke

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Richard Adanu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dwomoa Adu, Richard Adanu, Rulan S. Parekh, David Burke

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeon, Accra, Ghana

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• Rulan S. Parekh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dwomoa Adu, Richard Adanu, Rulan S. Parekh, David Burke

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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• David Burke

  Contributed equally to this work with: Dwomoa Adu, Richard Adanu, Rulan S. Parekh, David Burke

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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