IMMUNOGLOBULIN M IN HUMAN AMNIOTIC FLUID AND ITS POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION WITH NEURAL-TUBE MALFORMATIONS

  1. A. A. Cantuaria1,
  2. A. L. Jones2

Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00631.x

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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Volume 82, Issue 4, pages 262–264, April 1975

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Cantuaria, A. A. and Jones, A. L. (1975), IMMUNOGLOBULIN M IN HUMAN AMNIOTIC FLUID AND ITS POSSIBLE ASSOCIATION WITH NEURAL-TUBE MALFORMATIONS. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 82: 262–264. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1975.tb00631.x

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  1. 1

    Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Brasilia- DF., visiting Research Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne

  2. 2

    Lecturer in Human Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne

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  1. Issue published online: 23 AUG 2005
  2. Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005

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Immunoglobulin M (IgM) was found in the amniotic fluid from two fetuses with neural tube defects but not in that from normal fetuses. The possible associations of IgM with abnormalities of the central nervous system are discussed.

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