Association of genetic ancestry with preterm delivery and related traits among African American mothers

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94.e1-94.e10

  Tsai, Hui Ju ^a,b   Yu, Yunxian ^a,e   Zhang, Shanchun ^a   Pearson, Colleen ^d   Ortiz, Katherin ^d   Xu, Xiping ^c   Bauchner, Howard ^d   Zuckerman, Barry ^d   Wang, Xiaobin ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

admixture; genetic ancestry; population stratification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

EID: 67649321429     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.02.027     Document Type: Article

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