title: [Wilson's disease and pregnancy].
abstract: The authors describe the case of a 27-year-old female patient with Wilson's disease who during penicillinamine treatment became pregnant and was delivered of a healthy infant. The diagnosis of Wilson's disease was confirmed by the finding of a Kayser-Fleischer ring in the cornea and a concurrent serum ceruloplasmin concentration lower than 0.20 g/l. Unrecognized and untreated, the disease is associated with the development of organ complications which in the end prove fatal. On the other hand, early diagnosis and effective treatment throughout life can prevent liver and brain damage and thus enable the patient to live a normal life and women can have a healthy child.
authors.affiliation: II. interná klinika Lekárskej fakulty UK Bratislava.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stvrtinová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Balazovjech
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hlinstáková
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hlinsták
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sasko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Wilsonova choroba a gravidita.