Raised maternal serum-alpha-fetoprotein levels and spontaneous fetomaternal transfusion.
Study of blood smears showed that spontaneous fetomaternal transfusions were significantly more common among 42 pregnant women with raised serum-alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels than among 45 pregnant women with normal serum-AFP levels. Raised serum-AFP was associated with a spontaneous fetomaternal transfusion of greater than or equal to 0.1 ml in at least 21 of the 42 women in the study group.
D000649:Amniocentesis; D005260:Female; D005331:Fetomaternal Transfusion / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins