A case of successful pregnancy in a woman with Friedreich ataxia.
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.
Leone
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Unità Operativa di Neurologia, Ospedale Regionale di Aosta.
Bottacchi
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Bussolino
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Porta
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D000328:Adult; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005621:Friedreich Ataxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D013147:Spirometry