Some women have almost no measurable hCG, while others have readings of more than 400 milli-international units per milliliter (mIU/mL). AndhCG levels with twinstend to be much higher than with singletons. Either way, this is perfectly normal and has to do, in part, with exactly how lon...
AFP is typically part of the triple screen or quad screen test (along with human chorionic gonadotropin or HCG, estriol, and inhibin A) used in the second trimester of pregnancy to determine whether additional testing is necessary. Alpha-fetoprotein is also produced by certain cancers, such as ...
Serum E2 levels on the day of hCG administration were tested. Previous reports suggested that the number of retrieved eggs was closely related to the serum E2 level on the day of hCG administration. To facilitate the data analysis, high responders were defined as more than 15 oocytes retrieved...