...Enav Yefet; Olga Kuzmin; Naama Schwartz; Flora Basson; Zohar Nachum Objective: To establish the predictive probability for placenta-associated morbidities using second-trimester α-fetoprotein (AFP), human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), and maternal features. Patients and Methods: A retrospective...

... rate (FHR), ductus venosus pulsatility index for veins (DV PIV), and serum free β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG), pregnancy-associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A), placental growth factor (PLGF) and α-fetoprotein (AFP). Methods: Model-based estimates of screening performance were produced...

...Jarek Beta; Foteini E. Bredaki; Jesus Rodriguez Calvo; Ranjit Akolekar; Kypros H. Nicolaides Objective: To examine the potential value of maternal serum level of α-fetoprotein (AFP) in the first trimester of pregnancy in the prediction of spontaneous early preterm delivery. Methods: Maternal serum...

...Kevin Spencer Objective: To evaluate if levels of pregnancy-associated plasma protein-A (PAPP-A), free β-hCG and nuchal translucency (NT) used in first trimester aneuploidy screening and α-fetoprotein (AFP), unconjugated oestriol (UE3) and free β-hCG in the second trimester are altered...

...,anaHrddvaatsrsb-fSi.cetJmetisaifteeooarcoiseeestlrmPadlaitrhundatyDtbbniyconrnsvnpurDeeipRNaeoeVsascltRfnrmeMolpoyNgooBroPoaoArlninilnk-:tf, 40 Drugan/Vadas/Sujov/Gcrshoni-Baruch AF-AFP in Fetal Epidermolysis bullosa Epidermolysis bullosa Prenatal diagnosis α-Fetoprotein Acetylcholinesterase © 1995 S...

... and diagnosis can be difficult. We discuss diagnostic methods, especially the value of the Kleihauer-Betke test and maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein measurement, and approach. Fetomatemal hemorrhage Kleihauer-Betke test Fetal growth retardation α-Fetoprotein © 1995 S. Karger AG, Basel 1995...

... the 35th week of gestation. Ultrasound showed enlarged hyperechogenic kidneys from the 14th week onwards, and the amniotic fluid level was increased to the upper normal limit. An amniocentesis at 14+ weeks of gestation showed a normal male karyotype and normal α-fetoprotein levels in amniotic fluid...

...Arie Drugan; Mark P. Johnson; Avi Reichler; Roderick F. Hume; Moshe Bronshtein; J. Itskovicz-Eldor; Mark I. Evans The α-fetoprotein concentration in the amniotic fluid of 51 fetuses with isolated nuchal edema and normal karyotypes was compared to that of the next 51 patients of comparable...

... that were continued, 4 were initially detected by ultrasonography and 2 were ascertained by maternal serum α-fetoprotein screening; defects ranged from 2 to 14 vertebral bodies, and none of the defects were craniad to the T9 level. This is in comparison to 5 of the 21 spina bifida cases that were elective...

... advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Platelet factor 4 β-Thromboglobulin α...

... constrictions to major craniofacial and visceral defects. We report a case of constriction amniotic bands involving upper extremities and intrauterine fetal death due to strangulation of umbilical cord. Abnormally elevated levels of α-fetoprotein and β-chorionic gonadotropin were detected at 17 weeks’ gestation...

...Jose L. Bartha; Sebastian Illanes; Fernando González-Bugatto; Sherif A. Abdel-Fattah; Gerald J. Mizejewski; Peter W. Soothill Objective: To evaluate maternal serum transformed α-fetoprotein (t-AFP) levels in women with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Methods: 60 pregnant women in two groups...

... to in the content or advertisements. Diastematomyelia Diastematomyelia, prenatal diagnosis Ultrasonography Spinal cord α-Fetoprotein Fetal DiagnTher 2005;20:258 261 DOI: 10.1159/000085081 Received: November 27, 2003 Accepted after revision: April 7, 2004 Prenatal Diagnosis of Diastematomyelia in a 15...

...Ofer Lehavi; Orna Aizenstein; Mark I. Evans; Yuval Yaron Background/Objective: Several studies have shown that the 2nd-trimester maternal serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) level is significantly lower and that the maternal serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) level is significantly higher...

... of 2,615 women underwent both maternal serum screening (using human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) and α-fetoprotein (AFP)), and second trimester uterine artery Doppler. The sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of different combinations of both tests were compared. Results: The mean values for hCG...

...George Butterstein; Jennifer Morrison; G.J. Mizejewski Both insulin and estrogen are well recognized as growth-promoting substances at physiological concentrations, but they function as teratogens at high doses. Both agents can affect alterations in fetal and maternal serum human α-fetoprotein...

...G.P. Mandruzzato; L. Fischer-Tamaro; F. De Seta; G. D’Ottavio; M.A. Rustico; G. Conoscenti; Y.L. Meir; R. Pinzano; G. Maso; A. Grasso; C. Gigli In order to assess the usefulness of amniotic fluid α-fetoprotein (AFP) levels at the time of midtrimester genetic amniocentesis, 4,430 cases were...

...Dubravka Tišlarić; Bojana Brajenović-Milić; Smiljana Ristić; Višnja Latin; Marta Žuvić-Butorac; Josip Bačić; Marijan Petek; Miljenko Kapović Objective: To evaluate the impact of smoking and number of previous births on maternal serum levels of α-fetoprotein and free β-subunit of human chorionic...

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... and chromosome imbalance in Japanese women. Methods: Maternal serum α-fetoprotein, human chorionic gonadotropin, and unconjugated estriol were measured in 1,055 singleton pregnant women between 14 and 20 weeks of gestation. A calculated risk for trisomy 21 of ≥1/299 or α-fetoprotein ≥2.5 multiples of the median...