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The association between 'faint-positive' amniotic fluid acetylcholinesterase and fetal malformations
Y Sadovsky1, M L Robbin, B F Crandall
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.
Prenatal Diagnosis
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
The finding of a 'faint-positive' acetylcholinesterase band in amniotic fluid samples of women at 15 weeks' gestation or above is associated with an increased risk of fetal abnormalities, most commonly gastroschisis. This finding warrants a targeted sonographic evaluation, in order to rule out significant fetal malformations.