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 ,Revised 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 29 June 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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