alpha fetoprotein (aFP)

• wrong dates
• multiple gestation
• midline closure (neural-tube) defects
  • encephalocele
  • anencephaly
• liver tumors
  • hepatoblastoma
  • hemangioendothelioma (occ., mild)
  • hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, "hepatoma")

• wrong dates
• chromosome abnl (incl. Down syndrome)

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18