Alpha-fetoprotein, a fascinating protein and biomarker in neurology

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 243-248

  Schieving, J H ^a   De Vries, M ^b   Van Vugt, J M G ^b   Weemaes, C ^b   Van Deuren, M ^a   Nicolai, J ^c   Wevers, R A ^a   Willemsen, M A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AFP deficiency; Alpha fetoprotein (AFP); Ataxia Telangiectasia; Ataxia with oculomotor apraxia type 1 and 2; Diagnostic biomarker; Hereditary persistence of AFP; Mitochondrial disorders

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; APRAXIA; ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CIRCULATION; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EYE MOVEMENT; FOLLOW UP; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPATHY; OBSTETRICS; ONCOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHENOTYPE;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; ATAXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84900331884     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2013.09.003     Document Type: Review

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