APLASIA-CUTIS-CONGENITA - A RARE CAUSE OF ELEVATED ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN LEVELS

Authors
GERBER M DEVECIANA M TOWERS CV DEVORE GR
Citation
M. Gerber et al., APLASIA-CUTIS-CONGENITA - A RARE CAUSE OF ELEVATED ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN LEVELS, American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 172(3), 1995, pp. 1040-1041
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029378
Volume
172
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1040 - 1041
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9378(1995)172:3<1040:A-ARCO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We present a catastrophic case pf aplasia cutis congenita from a pregn ancy complicated by elevated maternal serum and amniotic fluid or-feto protein levels and a positive acetylcholinesterase. Delivery occurred at 27 weeks 1 day after premature rupture of membranes with chorioamni onitis. The neonate lacked > 90% of its skin and died.