Prognostic significance of raised serum α‐fetoprotein levels in twin pregnancies

Prognostic significance of raised serum α‐fetoprotein levels in twin pregnancies

Maternal serum α‐fetoprotein (AFP) was measured during the second trimester in 219 twin pregnancies uncomplicated by neural‐tube defects (NTD) and in 11 twin pregnancies discordant for NTD. Serum AFP levels were recorded in multiples of the median value (MOM) calculated from normal singleton pregnan...

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Veröffentlicht in:BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology 1982-10, Vol.89 (10), p.817-820
Hauptverfasser: GHOSH, A., WOO, J. S. K., RAWLINSON, H. A., FERGUSON‐SMITH, M. A.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
alpha-Fetoproteins - analysis
Birth Weight
Female
Humans
Neural Tube Defects - diagnosis
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis
Pregnancy, Multiple
Prenatal Diagnosis
Twins
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Zusammenfassung:Maternal serum α‐fetoprotein (AFP) was measured during the second trimester in 219 twin pregnancies uncomplicated by neural‐tube defects (NTD) and in 11 twin pregnancies discordant for NTD. Serum AFP levels were recorded in multiples of the median value (MOM) calculated from normal singleton pregnancies. Of the twin pregnancies uncomplicated by NTD 49% had AFP levels 5 MOM and 59% of these were associated with either abortion, stillbirth or fetus papyraceous. In twin pregnancies with serum AFP levels
ISSN:1470-0328
0306-5456
1471-0528
DOI:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1982.tb05032.x