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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 439-441 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 1992 |
Keywords
- Friedreich ataxia
- genetic counselling
- pregnancy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuroscience(all)
- Clinical Neurology