Routine measurement of amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein and acetylcholinesterase: The need for a reevaluation

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139.e1-139.e6

  Flick, Amy ^a   Krakow, Deborah ^a,b   Martirosian, Anahit ^b   Silverman, Neil ^a,b   Platt, Lawrence D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Center for Fetal Medicine and Women's Ultrasound   (United States)

Author keywords

amniocentesis; amniotic alpha fetoprotein; neural tube defects; ultrasound; ventral wall defects

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBIGUOUS GENITALIA; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLUBFOOT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; CYSTIC LYMPHANGIOMA; DANDY WALKER SYNDROME; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ECHOGENIC BOWEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELECTASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SINGLE UMBILICAL ARTERY; ULTRASOUND;

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ULTRASOUND; VENTRAL WALL DEFECTS;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNIOTIC FLUID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905116706     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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