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Clinical Chemistry 53: 800-801, 2007; 10.1373/clinchem.2006.082735
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(Clinical Chemistry. 2007;53:800-801.)
© 2007 American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Inc.

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Very High Inhibin A Concentration Attributed to Heterophilic Antibody Interference

Geralyn Lambert-Messerlian1,a, Christina Bandera2, Elizabeth Eklund1, Andrew Neuhauser3 and Jacob Canick1

1 Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and2 Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women and Infants Hospital and, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI
3 Westerly Hospital, Westerly, RI

aAddress correspondence to this author at: Geralyn Lambert-Messerlian, Division of Prenatal and Special Testing, Women and Infants Hospital, 70 Elm Street, 2nd floor, Providence, Rhode Island 02903. Fax 401-276-7882; gmesserl@wihri.org.

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Maternal serum screening for Down syndrome is commonly performed in the 2nd trimester using {alpha} fetoprotein (AFP), unconjugated estriol (uE3), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and inhibin A. Concentrations of each marker are combined with maternal age to calculate a patient-specific risk of fetal Down syndrome. In cases of Down syndrome, inhibin A concentration is, on average, approximately twice as high as in unaffected singleton pregnancies (1). Second trimester maternal serum inhibin A is also increased in twin pregnancies [1.99 multiples of the median (MoM) (1)] and in Turner syndrome with hydrops (3.91 MoM; (2)). Markedly increased inhibin A has been observed in pregnancies with complete hydatidiform mole [4–7 MoM; (3)]. Increased inhibin A may also be seen in nonpregnant women with ovarian cancer (4).

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