title: Discriminant analysis for assessing the value of amniotic fluid microvillar enzymes in the prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis.
abstract: We have analysed the sensitivity, specificity, and reliability of biochemical diagnosis based on microvillar membrane enzyme assay and using discriminant analysis in amniotic fluid samples obtained from 54 pregnancies at high risk for cystic fibrosis and 125 normal pregnancies. Our results show that amniotic fluid trehalase, alkaline phosphatase, alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes and gamma-glutamyltransferase enzyme activities measured during 16-20 gestational weeks, in spite of their non-specificity for cystic fibrosis, have a very good predictive value for fetal cystic fibrosis or exclude the possibility of the disease. Overall enzyme activity analysis provided over 90 per cent reliability of the method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical School, Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Münnich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Teichmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huszka
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Veress
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Papp
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000032:analysis*; D000649:Amniocentesis; D000653:Amniotic Fluid / Q000201:enzymology*; D015415:Biomarkers; D004796:Clinical Enzyme Tests; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D008423:Maternal Age; D008871:Microvilli / Q000201:enzymology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012016:Reference Values; D012307:Risk Factors; D014198:Trehalase / Q000032:analysis*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D014198:Trehalase