Cellular content of amniotic fluid as predictor of central nervous system malformations.
- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Medical Genetics
- Vol. 15 (2) , 97-100
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.15.2.97
Abstract
Prospective observations on 442 consecutive samples have confirmed that [human] pregnancies with CNS malformations are regularly associated with an abnormal cellular content of amniotic fluid. A crude semiquantitative test of the cell content can give valuable clinical information in relation to borderline amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein [AFP] values and help to detect false positive AFP.Keywords
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