Three-hundred and nine women had the test and 30 did not. Twenty-one of the 309 did not think that they had been tested, and seven women who did not have the test thought that they had been tested. There were no significant differences between these four groups in anxiety, certainty ...
The AFP test, also known as Alpha-fetoprotein test, is a blood test used to screen for certain types of cancers, particularly liver cancer. AFP is a protein produced by the liver and yolk sac of a developing baby during pregnancy. In adults, AFPlevels in the blood are normally low, but...
He also toured the AFP museum along with his nine-men delegation mostly composed of deputy commandants in major reserve training units in Malaysia. Joint exercises between PH, Malaysia reservists sought Outside of pregnancy, the AFP test is used to detect liver disease, certain cancers, and to...
It is a common screening test during pregnancy while hight level of AFP suggest the fetus may have neural tube defect. BioVision’s Alpha-fetoprotein ELISA kit is a sandwich ELISA assay for the quantitative measurement of human Alpha-fetoprotein in serum, plasma and other biological fluid. The ...
Test Preparation Needed? NoneWhat is being tested? Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a protein produced primarily by the liver in a developing baby (fetus). AFP levels are normally elevated when a baby is born and then decline rapidly. Outside of pregnancy and birth, liver damage and certain cancer...
This article focuses on the growing practice of maternal serum alphafetoprotein (AFP) screening during pregnancy. It discusses the merits and limitations of the AFP blood test as a method of identifying women at risk for bearing children with neural tube (brain or spine) defects and for other ...
cases(0.58%)were f ound high risk of Dow n's sy ndrome,and then conf irmed by amnio tic f luid,umbilica l cord blood test.Conc lusion:Joint detection of serum AFP,β-HCG and PAPP-A in early pregnancy is an important basis f or screening for Dow n's sy ndrome.Key wor ds ...
Screening in early pregnancy for pre-eclampsia using Down syndrome quadruple test markers.Prenat Diagn,2006, 26(6):559-564. [5]许晓红,方庆云,马树风.孕妇血清AFP、F-βhCG联合筛查胎儿出生缺陷的分析.安徽医科大学学报,2005,40(5):481-483. [6]宋淑本,廖灿,魏佳雪,等.唐氏综合征产前筛查1198例分析....
The PSA Rapid Test Cassette is a rapid chromatographic immunoassay for the qualitative detection of human prostate specific antigen in Whole Blood/Serum/Plasma. The test is based on immunochromatography and can give a result within 15 minutes. [SUMMARY] Prostate cancer is the one...
(SPSS20, IBM, USA). Survival curves were analyzed by the Kaplan–Meier log-rank test, and correlations were analyzed by the Pearson correlation test. A two-tailed Student’sttest was used to perform comparisons between different groups. Values ofP < 0.05 were considered statistically ...