Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein measurement: a screening test for Down syndrome

HS Cuckle, NJ Wald, RH Lindenbaum - The Lancet, 1984 - Elsevier
The median maternal serum alphafetoprotein (AFP) level at 14-20 weeks' gestation in 61
pregnancies associated with Down syndrome was 0·72 multiples of the median (MoM) value …

Unexplained elevations of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein

VL KATZ, NC CHESCHEIR… - … & gynecological survey, 1990 - journals.lww.com
… The source of the maternal Serum AFP must therefore be fetal SerUm. The … jn fetal Serum
is 30,000 times that in maternal serum, so very small quantities of fetal serum in the maternal

The effect of maternal weight on maternal serum alphafetoprotein levels

N Wald, H Cuckle, J Boreham… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
… Our results show that between 15 and 20 weeks gestation maternal serum AFP concentrations
are influenced by maternal weight : lighter women having higher AFP levels. Haddow et …

Second-trimester maternal serum marker screening: Maternal serum α-fetoprotein, β-human chorionic gonadotropin, estriol, and their various combinations as …

Y Yaron, M Cherry, RL Kramer, JE O'Brien… - American journal of …, 1999 - Elsevier
… value of all 3 common biochemical serum markers, maternal serum α-fetoprotein, β-human …
patients underwent maternal serum screening. All patients had maternal serum α-fetoprotein

Second-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein and risk of adverse pregnancy outcome

TG Krause, P Christens, J Wohlfahrt, U Lei… - Obstetrics & …, 2001 - Elsevier
… Unexplained high levels of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) have been associated
… This study design also enabled us to adjust for confounders such as maternal age, parity, …

Pregnancy outcomes after increasing maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein levels

L ROBINSON, P GRAU… - Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1989 - journals.lww.com
… Second trimester placental changes associated with elevated maternal serum alphafetoprotein.
Am … maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein levels associated with breakdown in fetal-maternal

Serum alphafetoprotein in the three trimesters of pregnancy: effects of maternal characteristics and medical history

FE Bredaki, C Sciorio, A Wright, D Wright… - … in Obstetrics & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… Therefore, for the effective use of serum AFP measurements in risk … maternal characteristics
and medical history on serum AFP levels, second, present a model for standardizing serum

Radioimmunoassay of maternal serum alpha fetoprotein during pregnancy and delivery

M Seppälä, E Ruoslahti - American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 1972 - Elsevier
… No evidence for maternal antibody to a-FP was found. … alpha fetoprotein ((u-FP) in human
serum was considered to be … (Y-FP concentration in fetal serum is highest between 12 and 13 …

Maternal serum-alpha-fetoprotein and low birth-weight

N Wald, H Cuckle, GM Stirrat, MJ Bennett, AC Turnbull - The Lancet, 1977 - Elsevier
… of maternal serum-AFPin pregnancies associated with male and female fetuses. The
association between high serum-AFp and low birth-weight could be iatrogenic if the high serum-…

Maternal and fetal serum transformed alphafetoprotein levels in normal pregnancy

F González‐Bugatto, E Foncubierta… - Journal of Obstetrics …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… in the maternal serum in the first trimester, with levels increasing into the early third trimester,
then falling before delivery. t-AFP levels are higher in maternal than in fetal serum which …