What does AFLP stand for?

Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

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LIVER FUNCTION TESTS Aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, total albumin, and total bilirubin are undertaken in response to concern about a woman's condition, most commonly to diagnose/assess hepatitis, preeclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy or HELLP syndrome.

How to ... interpret basic blood values in pregnancy: Thames Valley ...

Finally, the doctors diagnosed a rare condition called Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP).

Your LIFE: My son died in my arms ..and I forgot; Marjorie Nimis ...

The study's findings could also lead to a better understanding of potential links between fetuses that do not properly oxidize fatty acids and mothers with pre-eclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy (a life-threatening complication that often appears in the third trimester), and the HELLP syndrome (hemolysis, elevated liver function and low platelets).

Placenta oxidizes fatty acids

Thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia are more severe in HELLP syndrome than in preeclampsia, and acute fatty liver of pregnancy manifests itself primarily as severe liver damage.

HELLP syndrome leading to a diagnosis of pregnancy