Maternal serum screening of Palestinian women in the West Bank

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Abstract
An audit was made of laboratory records of triple test results from 943 Palestinian women residing in the West Bank from 2000-03. The mean expected age at delivery of the subjects was 25.5 years; 12% were 35 years old or above. Age was the main factor associated with an abnormal calculated risk score. The frequency of elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein was 1.3%, abnormal human choriogonic gonadotropin [elevated or reduced] was 1.9% and reduced unconjugated estriol was 0.3%Citation
Husseini, A. & Akkawi, M. (2005). Maternal serum screening of Palestinian women in the West Bank. http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/117011
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EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 11 (4), 824-827, 2005