Uterine malformation: A cause of elevated maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein concentrations

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 635-639

  Heinonen, Seppo ^a   Ryynänen, Markku ^a   Kirkinen, Pertti ^a   Saarikoski, Seppo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Mullerian duct anomalies; Obstetric complications

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUELLERIAN DUCT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERUS MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UTERUS;

EID: 0029955882     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199607)16:7<635::AID-PD923>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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