First-trimester screening for neural tube defects using alpha-fetoprotein.

Foteini E. Bredaki,Leona Poon,Cahit Birdir,D. Escalante,Kypros H. Nicolaides

First-trimester screening for neural tube defects using alpha-fetoprotein.

2012

Foteini E. Bredaki
Leona Poon
Cahit Birdir
D. Escalante
Kypros H. Nicolaides

Objective: To assess the potential value of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) at 11–13 weeks’ gestation in early screening for fetal neural tube defects (NTDs). Method

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Obstetrics
Alpha-fetoprotein
Gestational age
Neural tube
Spina bifida
Fetus
Neural tube defect
Medicine
Acrania
Pregnancy
Gestation

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