Placenta abruption in a woman with Wilson's disease: a case report.
Wilson's disease is a rare genetic disorder of copper metabolism that causes primary hepatic cirrhosis, secondary menstrual abnormalities and infertility. Following the appropriate therapy patients are asymptomatic and pregnancy may be achieved. We present a case of placental abruption in a pregnant woman with Wilson's disease and we review the management dilemmas and treatment options of pregnant women with Wilson's disease.
Theodoridis
Theodoros D
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First Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “Papageorgiou” General Hospital, Ring Road, N. Efkarpia, 56403, Thessaloniki, Greece. theodtheo@yahoo.gr
Zepiridis
Leonidas
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Athanatos
Dimitrios
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Dinas
Konstantinos
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Tzevelekis
Filippos
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Bontis
John N
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