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Prenatal Diagnosis of Duodenal Atresia Using Third Trimester Amniotic Fluid Immunoreactive Trypsin
Author(s) -
Legge Michael,
Potter Howard C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1984.tb03326.x
Subject(s) - amniotic fluid , trypsin , fetus , gestation , obstetrics , duodenal atresia , atresia , medicine , second trimester , prenatal diagnosis , pregnancy , chemistry , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , genetics
A previous report (1) demonstrated that the fetal exocrine pancreas is capable of trypsin synthesis in the second trimester and that amniotic fluid immunoreactive trypsin concentration decreased with advancing gestation. Later work (2), confirmed these earlier findings and further investigated the significance of second trimester amniotic fluid immunoreactive trypsin in fetal abnormalities.