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MSAFP

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MSAFPMaternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein
MSAFPMaternal Serum Alpha Fetoprotein Screening (American Pregnancy Association)


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MSAFP will be accurate in showing a neural tube defect in 80 to 85 percent of fetuses who actually have the defect, but as many as 90 percent of fetuses whose AFP screening test shows an elevation will turn out to be normal.
By the mid-1980s, the merit of MSAFP use in screening for Down syndrome among women younger than 35 had been recognized.
Chromosome specific confined placental mosaicism associated with unexplained isolated second trimester elevation of MSAFP levels and normal MShCG and estriol levels [abstract].
 
 
 
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