A case of successful pregnancy in a woman with Friedreich ataxia

M. Leone; E. Bottacchi; S. Bussolino; M. A. Porta

doi:10.1007/BF02312152

A case of successful pregnancy in a woman with Friedreich ataxia

M. Leone, E. Bottacchi, S. Bussolino, M. A. Porta

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Abstract

We report on a 34-year-old woman with advanced FA who achieved a successful pregnancy. The neurological and cardiological features of the disease remained unchanged during and after pregnancy. Because of a slight respiratory impairment, which appeared at the 6th month, cesarean section was performed at the 34th week. FA is not necessarily a bar to successful pregnancy, but early referral to a cardiologist and respiratory monitoring is mandatory. The risk of transmission of the disease for our couple was 1/95.5 compared with 1/36.000 for a non-affected couple.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	439-441
Number of pages	3
Journal	Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences
Volume	13
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02312152
Publication status	Published - Jun 1992

Keywords

Friedreich ataxia
genetic counselling
pregnancy

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Neuroscience(all)
Clinical Neurology

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