@article{fdfe24b4732e4a169bc9eaa0639f3dc4,
title = "ANTENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF NEURAL-TUBE DEFECTS USING CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID PROTEINS",
abstract = "Diagnosis of an anencephalic fetus has been confirmed by immunological detection of β-trace protein of cerebrospinal fluid in amniotic fluid. In seventy-five control amniotic-fluid samples, a precipitin reaction to β-trace protein could not be demonstrated. It is suggested that this method may serve as a reliable specific index of neural-tube defects.",
author = "Macri, {James N.} and Joshi, {Mahdusudan S.} and Weiss, {Robert R.} and Evans, {Mark I.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was part of a continuing combined study on intracellular electrolytes in cardiac disease, with Mr M. V. Braimbridge and Mr D. G. Hill. J. P. was supported by the Medical Research Council and N. F. J. by the endowment fund of St. Thomas{\textquoteright}s Hospital and the National Kidney Research Fund. We thank Mrs A. Evans for expert assistance.",
year = "1974",
month = jan,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1016/S0140-6736(74)93002-5",
language = "English",
volume = "303",
pages = "14--15",
journal = "The Lancet",
issn = "0140-6736",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "7845",
}