Successful pregnancy in a neurologically impaired woman with Wilson's disease.
Patients with treated Wilson's disease and no residual impairments should have successful pregnancies. We report a case of a neurologically impaired patient with Wilson's disease who had a successful pregnancy with no complications. This is the first case to document that compliance with penicillamine therapy as low as 500 mg/day avoids placental and fetal copper accumulation.
Berghella
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Steele
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Spector
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Cambi
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Johnson
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D000328:Adult; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D004421:Dystonia / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006527:Hepatolenticular Degeneration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome