Preferred Label : Elevated AFP-L3;
NCIt synonyms : Elevated L3AFP; Elevated Alpha-Fetoprotein-L3; Elevated AFP L3; Elevated Alpha Fetoprotein L3; Elevated Alpha Fetoprotein-L3; Elevated Alpha-Fetoprotein L3;
NCIt definition : A finding indicating that elevated concentrations of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) fraction
L3 (AFP-L3) were detected in a sample. AFP-L3 represents a glycoform variant of AFP
that is highly reactive with Lens culinaris-expressed agglutinin (LCA) due to the
presence of an extra alpha-(1-6) fucose attached to the N-acetylglucosamine modification
present in AFP.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1912587;
Origin ID : C192647;
UMLS CUI : C5785350;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
- related_to_genetic_biomarker
