[Informative value of varying serum alpha fetoprotein levels in pregnant women based on a screening program in a Hungarian institute. What next?]

Abstract

The authors evaluated the maternal serum alfa fetoprotein screening data of 3 years period. Out the neural tube defects they observed increased values at 20% of another congenital malformations. At the pregnant having abnormal serum alfa fetoprotein significantly accumulated the late-term abortion, stillbirth and preterm delivery. At the mothers of stillborns and abortions frequently noticed the different values. They direct attention to the fetal-living-danger importance, control functions of the abnormal level and after prospective data collection it may have new aspecific alarm role too. Accordingly the maternal serum alfa fetoprotein may consider like fetal blood sediment examination.