[Serum alpha-1-fetoprotein in pregnancy in relation to length of gestation].

In a group of 310 immunoenzymatic examinations of MS AFP by the Sevatest ELISA AFP Micro I kit in 310 women with normal pregnancies the authors detected the exponential character of the rise of serum AFP up to the 35th week of pregnancy (or foetal length of 88 mm resp.): in relation to the foetal length according to equation y(mean) = 10.544 X 1.

[Thermostable alkaline phosphatase in the blood of pregnant women].

In 310 women with normal pregnancies the exponential character of increase of serum thermostable alkaline phosphatase was assessed in the course of pregnancy; depending on the BDP of the course of pregnancy; depending on the BDP of the foetus according to the equation y (mean) = 0.0207.1.

[Adenomyosis as a social problem].

In a retrospective investigation of 149 patients from 1979-1988 with histologically confirmed adenomyosis the authors proved by comparison with a regional population sample (n = 198) that it is a disease of above average fertile women (3.7 pregnancies per woman). The operated women had in their case-history 1.