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Radioimmunoassay of alpha-fetoprotein: A contribution to the diagnosis of choriocarcinoma and hydatidiform mole

✍ Scribed by M. Seppälä; K. D. Bagshawe; E. Ruoslahti

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1972
Tongue: French
Weight: 215 KB
Volume: 10
Category: Article
ISSN: 0020-7136
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910100306

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Abstract

Determination of the circulating alpha fetoprotein (AFP) can be used to differentiate between choriocarcinoma or hydatidiform mole and normal pregnancy. Whilst a positive pregnancy test is common to all these states, the serum AFP was found to be elevated only when a fetus was present.

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