title: A case of successful pregnancy in a woman with Friedreich ataxia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Neurologia, Ospedale Regionale di Aosta.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bottacchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bussolino
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Porta
mesh_terms: 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