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Alpha-fetoprotein Testing (AFP)
Guide picks
A look at the Alphafetoprotein screening tests, AFP and triple screen.

AFP and Triple Screen Testing
The hows and whys of testing.

AFP and Triple Screen Testing
The basics of the testing and the failure rates as well as some advice from people who have been there, from your About.com Guide.

AFP Test Values
What do the numbers mean? From your About.com Guide.

AFP and Triple Screen FAQ
Lynn Gazis-Sax maintains this lengthy, well written FAQ filled with information.

Timetable for Procedures
This chart shows you the optimum time to take any prenatal test, which helps ensure accuracy.

Expanded AFP Test
How the test is done, what you should do with the result and possible follow-up.

False Negatives
Occasionally there will be a false negative, what does that mean and how does that happen?

Multiple Marker Screening
The application of prenatal genetic testing is improved by the recognition of markers for pregnancies at high risk for abnormal fetuses.

AFP Testing
This is an FAQ that is full of great questions, including normal/abnormal results, and not having the screening test done.

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