Medical Definition of Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein

1. A plasma protein, alpha-fetoprotein (afp) is normally produced by the foetus. The level of afp in the blood serum of pregnant women provides a screening test for open neural tube defects (anencephaly and spina bifida) and for down syndrome (and other chromosome abnormalities). The maternal serum afp (msafp) tends to be unusally high with open neural tube defects and unsually low with down syndrome. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maternal Serum Alpha-fetoprotein

maternal death rate
maternal deprivation
maternal deprivation syndrome
maternal dystocia
maternal effect gene
maternal exposure
maternal health services
maternal immunity
maternal inheritance
maternal language
maternal mortality
maternal mortality rate
maternal mRNA
maternal placenta
maternal quality
maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (current term)
maternal welfare
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Mater Turrita
mates
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