A case of successful pregnancy in a woman with Friedreich ataxia
1992
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.
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