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Alpha-fetoprotein.

A Drugan·E Dvorin·J E Obrien·M P Johnson·M I Evans
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The past year has seen major challenges to existing maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein testing protocols for both neural tube defects and chromosomal anomalies. These challenges are reviewed along with the physiology of alpha-fetoprotein; the use of amniocentesis, ultrasonography, and additional serum markers in women with elevated alpha-fetoprotein levels; and epidemiologic implications of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening.

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A Drugan, E Dvorin, J E Obrien, M P Johnson, M I Evans. 1991. Alpha-fetoprotein.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1717020/

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