Studies on maturity in newborn infants. VIII. Alpha-foetoprotein and albumin.
Cord blood of 125 newborn infants of various gestational ages has been analysed for the amounts of alpha-foetoprotein and albumin using an electroimmunoassay. The quotient alpha-foetoprotein/birth weight was recorded as well. All the three measureements correlate fairly well with the gestational age of newborn infants. Measuring alpha-foetoprotein is not of the same value, however, in estimating gestational age as is the simple scoring of external characteristics.
D001034:Apgar Score; D001724:Birth Weight; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000032:analysis; D005326:Fetal Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
D005326:Fetal Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins