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Original Article
Cord Plasma Alpha-Fetoprotein Values and Neonatal Jaundice.
Mee Kyung Namgoong, Sei Hee Choi, Ae Sook Kim, Baek Keun Lim, Jong Soo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1986;29(8):836-839.   Published online August 31, 1986
Alpha-fetoprotein(aFP) levels were studied in 20 neonatally hyperbilirubinemic children and 20 controls matched for gestational age. The mean aFP value of cord blood (119+58.2산g/ml) with hyperbilirubinemic children was significantly greater than that(79.6±40.8/zg/ml) for the control infants(P<0.001). At the age of 3 and 5 days the mean serum aFP in hyperbilirubinemic children were higher compared with the control group, the difference...