Maternal serum activin, inhibin, human chorionic gonadotrophin and α‐fetoprotein as second trimester predictors of pre‐eclampsia

Abstract

A combination of analyses including second trimester serum activin A and hCG may yet prove to be helpful predictors of women at risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. While the results proved significant, the effects reported in this study are too modest compared with natural variability to be useful as screening tools on their own.