Increased Amniotic Fluid Alpha-Fetoprotein in Patients with Fetal Nuchal Edema
作者:
Arie Drugan,
Mark P. Johnson,
Avi Reichler,
Roderick F. Hume,
Moshe Bronshtein,
J. Itskovicz-Eldor,
Mark I. Evans,
期刊:
Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy
(Karger Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 1
页码: 6-8
ISSN:1015-3837
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1159/000264271
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Fetal nuchal edema;Amniocentesis;α-Fetoprotein
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
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 gestational age with normal ultrasounds and karyotypes. The mean α-fetoprotein in amniotic fluid was 1.26 ± 0.45 in the nuchal edema group and 1.01 ± 0.3 in controls (t = 3.287, p = 0.002). Acetylcholinesterase evaluation was indicated by abnormally elevated α-fetoprotein in 4% of amniotic fluid samples from the study group and none of the controls. We concluded that α-fetoprotein is higher in amniotic fluid from pregnancies with isolated fetal nuchal edema and normal karyotype. Possible leakage of protein from enlarged cervical lymphatics associated with fetal nuchal edema may explain these fin
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