American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 4 , Pages 398.e1-398.e8, October 2009

The maternal cortisol awakening response in human pregnancy is associated with the length of gestation

  • Claudia Buss, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
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  • Sonja Entringer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
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  • Jonazary F. Reyes, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
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  • Aleksandra Chicz-DeMet, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
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  • Curt A. Sandman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
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  • Feizal Waffarn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
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  • Pathik D. Wadhwa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Pathik D. Wadhwa, MD, PhD, Behavioral Perinatology Research Program, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, 3117 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility, Irvine, CA 92697

Received 20 February 2009; received in revised form 14 May 2009; accepted 29 June 2009. published online 31 August 2009.

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 Supported, in part, by US PHS (NIH) Grants HD-33506, HD-041696 and HD-047609 (P.D.W.).

 Cite this article as: Buss C, Entringer S, Reyes JF, et al. The maternal cortisol awakening response in human pregnancy is associated with the length of gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:398.e1-8.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00734-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.063

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 4 , Pages 398.e1-398.e8, October 2009

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