Fetal serum alpha-fetoprotein in alloimmunised pregnancies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 917-920

  Bartha, Jose L ^a,c   Harrison, Gayle ^b   Kyle, Phillipa M ^a   Soothill, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Red cell alloimmunisation; Rhesus disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN F;

ADULT; ALLOIMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; FETUS HYDROPS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RH ISOIMMUNIZATION;

HYDROPS;

EID: 0344011697     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.728     Document Type: Article

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