(mo) Predicted AFP in BWS (mug/L) (95% CI) Mean AFP (± SD) in healthy children[10]

N/A: Values reported at several different time intervals over first month of life;

NR:   Not Reported.

Conversion between typical units used for measuring AFP by labs worldwide:

ug/l = ng/ml = 1.09 iu/ml

iu/ml = kiu/l = ku/l = 0.92 ng/ml

Hence, if for example your lab gave you AFP test results in iu/ml, you would multiply that number by 0.92 to convert to the units in the chart above.

From the article (Journal of Pediatrics, July 2000, p 124):

“Serum alpha-fetoprotein levels in Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome”
David B. Everman MD
Cheryl Shuman MS
Biljana Dzolganovski BSc
Mary Ann O'Riordan MS
Rosanna Weksberg MD, PhD
Nathaniel H. Robin MD

D.B.E. is supported by National Institutes of Health grant T32 HD07518.
Submitted for publication Aug 9, 1999.
Revision received Dec 17, 1999.
Accepted Feb 2, 2000.
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