Improved prediction of gestational hypertension by inclusion of placental growth factor and pregnancy associated plasma protein-a in a sample of Ghanaian women

BACKGROUND: We assessed whether adding the biomarkers Pregnancy Associated Plasma Protein-A (PAPP-A) and Placental Growth Factor (PlGF) to maternal clinical characteristics improved the prediction of a previously developed model for gestational hypertension in a cohort of Ghanaian pregnant women. ME...

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Autores principales: Antwi, Edward, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Browne, Joyce L., Schielen, Peter C., Koram, Kwadwo A., Agyepong, Irene A., Grobbee, Diederick E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5870183/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29587776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12978-018-0492-9

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