Evaluation of alpha-fetoprotein in early infancy.
Serum AFP concentrations of normal subjects were statistically analyzed in order to obtain the normal ranges in early infancy. The 95% prediction band would seem to offer a convenient means of evaluating serum AFP in the age range 0-300 days of life. Some illustrative cases, whose AFP values were formerly considered to be abnormally high but later proved to be within normal range, are presented.
D000293:Adolescent; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D008433:Mathematics; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000097:blood; D013724:Teratoma / Q000097:blood; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins