Serum alpha-fetoprotein levels in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
We conducted a retrospective study that compared serial alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) concentrations obtained from 22 children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) with levels established for healthy children. The AFP concentration is greater in patients with BWS and declines during the postnatal period at a significantly slower rate than what is reported in healthy children. AFP levels obtained in the course of routine tumor screening in children with BWS should be interpreted with a normal curve established specifically for BWS rather than with previously published data for healthy infants and children.
Medical subject headings
- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
- alpha-Fetoproteins