Activin A and Follistatin as Biomarkers for Ectopic Pregnancy and Missed Abortion

Activin A as a predictor of pregnancy failure has been the focus of heated debate, but the value of a combined activin A and follistatin (FS) measurement in serum to predict pregnancy failure has not been reported yet. We assessed whether a single serum measurement of the two physiological antagonis...

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Main Authors: Alexandros Daponte, Efthimios Deligeoroglou, Antonios Garas, Spyros Pournaras, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Ioannis E. Messinis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/969473