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Early detection of abdominal pregnancy by maternal serum AFP+ screening |
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| Authors: | Allan T. Bombard M.D. Sachiko Nakagawa Carolyn D. Runowicz Brian L. Cohen Magdy S. Mikhail Harold M. Nitowsky |
| Affiliation: | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, NY 10461, U.S.A. |
| Abstract: | We present two cases of abdominal pregnancy identified in our maternal serum screening programme—an additional, as yet unreported benefit of AFP+ (multiple analyte) maternal serum oncofetal antigen screening in pregnancy. |
| Keywords: | Maternal screening MSAFP AFP+ abdominal pregnancy |