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Analysis of Serum Alpha‐fetoprotein Dynamics in Early Infancy
Author(s) -
TSUCHIDA Y.,
KANEKO M.,
SAITO S.,
ENDO Y.,
SHIRAKI K.,
OHMI K.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.934
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1365-3083
pISSN - 0300-9475
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1978.tb03927.x
Subject(s) - cord blood , normal values , medicine , alpha fetoprotein , physiology , hepatocellular carcinoma
In early infancy, the serum alpha‐fetoprotein (AFP) level remains quite high and the clinical interpretation of hyper‐alphafetoproteinemia in this age should be made in comparison with its normal ranges. We presented some illustrative cases of early infancy, whose AFP values were formerly considered abnormally high, but later found within normal ranges. Our normal ranges were obtained by statistical calculations of serum AFP values studied in normal subjects: namely infants with inguinal hernia and neonates at birth (the cord blood was used).