American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 269.e1-269.e10 , September 2009

Health of children born to mothers who had preeclampsia: a population-based cohort study

  • Chun S. Wu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Chun S. Wu, MD, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus 8000C, Denmark
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  • Ellen A. Nohr, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Bodil H. Bech, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Mogens Vestergaard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
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  • Janet M. Catov, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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  • Jørn Olsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
    • Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Received 9 November 2008 ,Revised 12 April 2009 ,Accepted 24 June 2009.

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 Cite this article as: Wu CS, Nohr EA, Bech BH, et al. Health of children born to mothers who had preeclampsia: a population-based cohort study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:269.e1-10.

 Chun S. Wu was supported by Grants from the Danish Cancer Society (Grant number DP04127) and National Institutes of Health (Grant number 5R01AI071386-6).

PII: S0002-9378(09)00704-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.060

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 3 , Pages 269.e1-269.e10 , September 2009

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