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Journal of Medical Genetics 1978;15:97-100; doi:10.1136/jmg.15.2.97
Copyright © 1978 by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

Cellular content of amniotic fluid as predictor of central nervous system malformations.

M Bobrow, C J Evans, J Noble, C Patel

Prospective observations on 442 consecutive samples have confirmed that pregnancies with CNS malformations are regularly associated with an abnormal cellular content of amniotic fluid. A crude semiquantitative test of the cell content can give valuable clinical information in relation to borderline amniotic fluid alpha-fetoprotein values, and help to detect false positive AFP's.


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