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Determination of the circulating alpha fetoprotein (AFP) can be used to differentiate between choriocarcinoma or hydatidiform mole and normal pregnancy. Whilst a positive pregnancy test is common to all these states, the serum AFP was found to be elevated only when a fetus was present.
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Seppälä et al. (1972) studied this question.
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