Maternal serum α‐fetoprotein and low birth weight in relation to gestational age
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 89 (3) , 216-217
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1982.tb03617.x
Abstract
Summary. To determine when in the first and second trimester a raised serum α‐fetoprotein (AFP) level best predicts low birth weight a case‐control study was performed on 157 singleton low birth‐weight (2.5 kg) and 314 singleton control pregnancies (birth weight >2.5 kg). The association between raised maternal serum AFP and low birth weight was confirmed, but there was no special time in pregnancy before 29 weeks gestation when a raised AFP level predicted low birth weight materially better than at any other time.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- MATERNAL SERUM ALPHA‐FETOPROTEIN AND BIRTH WEIGHTBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1980