elevated MSAFP

From: David Nagey (dnagey@c3p0.ab.umd.edu)
Mon Oct 9 23:10:08 1995


What about elevated amniotic fluid AFP and a normal scan/chromosomes? I was taught that such pregnancies were at risk of IUGR related to "placental leak". What are your thoughts?

Chris Stroud, MD OB/GYN Beloit, WI

!>> Before we start doing extra tests and intervening in pregnancies, we should show that those tests and interventions do some good. I agree that MSAFP is often elevated in placenta accreta and feto-maternal bleed - but what can we do in those situaions that causes greater good?

David

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