MATERNAL SERUM ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SCREENING FOR NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS - REPORT OF A COMBINED STUDY IN GERMANY AND SHORT OVERVIEW ON SCREENING IN POPULATIONS WITH LOW BIRTH PREVALENCE OF NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS - Research portal of Justus Liebig University Giessen:

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MATERNAL SERUM ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SCREENING FOR NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS - REPORT OF A COMBINED STUDY IN GERMANY AND SHORT OVERVIEW ON SCREENING IN POPULATIONS WITH LOW BIRTH PREVALENCE OF NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS

Authors list: FUHRMANN, W; WEITZEL, HK

Publication year: 1985

Pages: 47-61

Journal: Human Genetics

Volume number: 69

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0340-6717

eISSN: 1432-1203

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295529

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:
The basis of maternal serum .alpha.-fetoprotein (AFP)-screening for neural tube defects is discussed. A report is given of a large scale screening study in the West Germany combining the experiences in Giessen and Hannover on over 50,000 pregnant women, about evenly distributed among both centers. Published and known forthcoming data from other low incidence populations, particularly of European countries, are reviewed briefly. General screening could effectively be instituted and in the final result should also be cost-beneficial.

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: FUHRMANN, W. and WEITZEL, H. (1985) MATERNAL SERUM ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SCREENING FOR NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS - REPORT OF A COMBINED STUDY IN GERMANY AND SHORT OVERVIEW ON SCREENING IN POPULATIONS WITH LOW BIRTH PREVALENCE OF NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS, Human Genetics, 69(1), pp. 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295529

APA Citation style: FUHRMANN, W., & WEITZEL, H. (1985). MATERNAL SERUM ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN SCREENING FOR NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS - REPORT OF A COMBINED STUDY IN GERMANY AND SHORT OVERVIEW ON SCREENING IN POPULATIONS WITH LOW BIRTH PREVALENCE OF NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS. Human Genetics. 69(1), 47-61. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295529

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