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Peter Christens
Researcher at Statens Serum Institut
Publications - 6
Citations - 1615
Peter Christens is an academic researcher from Statens Serum Institut. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Ectopic pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 1464 citations.
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Maternal age and fetal loss: population based register linkage study
TL;DR: Fetal loss is high in women in their late 30s or older, irrespective of reproductive history, and should be taken into consideration in pregnancy planning and counselling.
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Secular and seasonal variation of length and weight at birth
TL;DR: A circannual variation in length of birth in a population-based cohort of 1 166 206 children born in Denmark is found, consistent with Weber and colleagues' hypothesis that birth month may be reflected in adult stature.
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Second-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and risk of adverse pregnancy outcome
Tyra Grove Krause,Peter Christens,Jan Wohlfahrt,Ulrikke Lei,Tine Westergaard,Bent Nørgaard-Pedersen,Mads Melbye +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the risk of adverse pregnancy outcome by maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) level was determined for 77,149 pregnant women and their infants from MSAFP screening in the 15th to 20th week of gestation until 1 year after birth.
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Is maternal age an independent risk factor for fetal loss
TL;DR: Only pregnancies at risk of becoming a stillbirth were taken into consideration, and consequently, the risk constitutes the proportion of stillbirths among all births.
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Reproductive factors and extreme levels of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein: a population-based study
Ulrikke Lei,Jan Wohlfahrt,Peter Christens,Tine Westergaard,Mats Lambe,Bent Nørgaard-Pedersen,Mads Melbye +6 more
TL;DR: The objective of this work was to describe the possible relationship between AFP levels during pregnancy and mothers' age at birth, maternal age at first birth, parity, time since previous birth and gender of the offspring.