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

Baseline distributions of pregnancy disorders' biomarkers PlGF and PAPP-A levels are primarily based on Western European populations of Caucasian ethnicity. Differences in PAPP-A and PlGF concentrations by ethnicity have been observed, with increased levels in Afro-Caribbean, East Asian, and So...

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Main Authors: 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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4988712?pdf=render