For Alpha-fetoprotein we have terms and definitions in 2 topics. The topics are Baby and Cancer.

Alpha-fetoprotein (Baby)

Protein produced by the fetus's liver that can be detected in the mother's blood most accurately between the 16th and 18th weeks of pregnancy. High levels may be associated with a neural tube birth defect called spina bifida; low levels may be associated with Down syndrome.

Alpha-fetoprotein (Cancer)

(AL-fa-FEE-toe-PRO-teen) AFP. A protein normally produced by a fetus. AFP levels are usually undetectable in the blood of healthy adult men or women (who are not pregnant). An elevated level of AFP suggests the presence of either a primary liver cancer or germ cell tumor.

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