Presentation
Matevosyan NR. Alpha Fetoprotein in Pregnancy with Uterine Fibromyomata
Regional Science Inquiry
(1997)
Abstract
Alpha fetoprotein (αFP) tests were performed in a cross-section (16th - 20th gestation weeks) of 27 singleton pregnancies in women with uterine fibroids. The group average of αFP was nearly 40 -fold higher (402 ng/mL, at the 2nd SD of the mean) than that in the control group of similar gestation age (11.5 ng/mL, at the 2nd SD of the mean). After adjusting for women's age and obstetric history (miscarriages, stillbirth, birth defects), the clinical group showed susbtantial Pearson associations (0.789) between the mean diameter of subserous myomata and αFP levels. The limitations of this study (including the sample size and design) inform the need for further facilitation of research into αFP and pregnancies with uterine myomata.
Keywords
- AFP,
- alpha fetoprotein,
- pregnancy,
- uterine myoma,
- uterine fibroids and pregnancy
Disciplines
Publication Date
Winter December, 1997
Location
Regional Science Inquiry, the WHO/co Center of Maternal-Child Health, Yerevan
Citation Information
Naira R. Matevosyan. "Matevosyan NR. Alpha Fetoprotein in Pregnancy with Uterine Fibromyomata" Regional Science Inquiry (1997) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/naira_matevosyan/93/
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