Reference values for γ -glutamyl-transferase in amniotic fluid in normal pregnancies

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 703-706

  Bardin, Ron ^a,b   Danon, David ^a,b   Tor, Ruth ^a   Mashiach, Reuven ^a,b   Vardimon, David ^a,b   Meizner, Israel ^a,b  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biliary enzymes; Fetus; Gallbladder; Gamma glutamyl transferase

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GENETIC COUNSELING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67650446241     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2266     Document Type: Article

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