No effect of fetal sex on amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein

Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 301-303

  Drugan, Arie ^a,b   Yaron, Yuval ^b   Murphy, June ^b   Ebrahim, Saleh A D ^b   Kramer, Ralph L ^b   Johnson, Mark P ^b   Evans, Mark I ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Amniotic fluid; Fetal gender; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; SEX HORMONE;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

EID: 0030813183     PISSN: 10153837     EISSN: 14219964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000264491     Document Type: Article

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