Open AccessPrenatal Diagnosis of Two Cases of Gastroschisis Following α‐Fetoprotein (AFP) Screening
Author(s) -
Holmgren Gösta,
Sigurd Jörgen
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348409155525
Subject(s) - gastroschisis , medicine , amniocentesis , prenatal diagnosis , obstetrics , pregnancy , ultrasonography , prenatal screening , fetus , gynecology , surgery , genetics , biology
. Two cases of gastroschisis were diagnosed antena‐tally following maternal serum AFP screening in mid‐trimester of the pregnancy, using ultrasonography, amnio‐graphy and amniocentesis. The AFP screening program detected 4 congenital malformations but missed 4 malformations due to false negative AFP serum values.