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RAISED SERUM a -FETOPROTEIN |
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malignancy: |
1° hepatoma certain ovarian tumours germ cell tumours of testes (non-seminomatous) |
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pregnancy: |
normal multiple threatened abortion intra-uterine death open neural tube defects |
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slightly raised a-FP levels can also occur in: |
other malignancies, eg. stomach, breast, lung, pancreas, colon, liver metastasessevere emphysema liver cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis, toxic liver injury ataxia-telangiectasia |
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