Management strategy in pregnancies with elevated second-trimester maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein based on a second assay

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 303.e1-303.e7

  Spaggiari, Emmanuel ^a   Ruas, Marie ^a   Dreux, Sophie ^a   Valat, Anne Sylvie ^b   Czerkiewicz, Isabelle ^a   Guimiot, Fabien ^a   Schmitz, Thomas ^a   Delezoide, Anne Lise ^a   Muller, Françoise ^a,c  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^b Lens Hospital   (France)

^c University Paris Ile de France Ouest   (France)

Author keywords

management; maternal serum alpha protein; pregnancy complications

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS OUTCOME; GASTROSCHISIS; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN SCREENING; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TERATOMA; TRIPLOIDY; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84875442812     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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