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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Alpha-fetoprotein
Alpha-fetoprotein
Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP, α-fetoprotein; also sometimes called alpha-1-fetoprotein or alpha-fetoglobulin) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AFP gene. AFP is a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during fetal development that is thought to be the fetal form of serum albumin. The AFP gene is located on the q arm of chromosome 4 (4q25). AFP binds to copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin and is found in monomeric, dimeric and trimeric forms. The human fetus has the highest amount of AFP levels found in humans. At the end of the first trimester, fetal AFP levels decrease...
Alpha-fetoprotein - List of case studies
- Portosystemic Encephalopathy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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14.5 cm (at ultrasound scan). • November, 2007: Alpha-fetoprotein 8, abdomen MRN : Diffuse hepatic micronodules of ... of nodules of regeneration in cirrhosis. Alpha-fetoprotein 5. • November, 2008: hepatilogic vision after CT scan ...
- Asthenic-dispeptic syndrome post laparoscopic cholecystectomy
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and tumor markers that gave evidence of an increase of alpha-fetoprotein which should be monitored. ... tumor markers that gave evidence of an increase of alpha-fetoprotein compared to the reference values, with the normalization of ...
- List of Examinations
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Alkaline phosphatase Alpha-1-Glycoprotein Alpha-fetoprotein Ambulatory bone scan Amsler Grid chart Amsler ... pressure Monitoring of counts Monitoring of the alpha-fetoprotein Monitoring weight Monoclonal Ab Monoclonal ...