Open AccessAlpha-fetoprotein and its value for predicting pregnancy outcomes � a re-evaluation
Author(s) -
Ayham Alhaj Darouich,
Thomas Liehr,
Anja Weise,
Dietmar Schlembach,
E Schleußner,
Michael Kiehntopf,
Isolde Schreyer
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of prenatal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1971-3290
pISSN - 1971-3282
DOI - 10.11138/jpm/2015.9.3.018
Subject(s) - medicine , omphalocele , alpha fetoprotein , prenatal diagnosis , triple test , down syndrome , obstetrics , pregnancy , population , retrospective cohort study , ultrasonography , gynecology , fetus , radiology , biology , genetics , environmental health , psychiatry , hepatocellular carcinoma
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations can be determined framing others from invasively acquired amnion fluid (AF-AFP). While the biological role of AFP remains unclear it is well known that AFP-levels can be altered in connection with specific clinical and/or genetic alterations of the fetus.
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