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RAISED ALPHA‐FETOPROTEIN LEVELS IN AMNIOTIC FLUID AND MATERNAL SERUM IN A TRIPLET PREGNANCY IN WHICH ONE FETUS HAD AN OMPHALOCOELE
Author(s) -
Nevin N. C.,
Armstrong M. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00581.x
Subject(s) - amniotic fluid , fetus , obstetrics , alpha fetoprotein , pregnancy , alpha (finance) , medicine , andrology , biology , clinical psychology , genetics , hepatocellular carcinoma , construct validity , psychometrics
Summary During the second pregnancy of a 31‐year‐old patient, who already had a child with hydrocephalus, the ultrasonic scan at 16 weeks gestation demonstrated the possibility of triplets. Raised amniotic fluid and maternal serum alpha‐fetoprotein concentrations were observed at 16 and 17 weeks gestation. The pregnancy was terminated at 17 weeks gestation and one of the fetuses had an extensive omphalocoele, radial aplasia and digital abnormalities.