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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Theodoridis, Theodoros D, Zepiridis, Leonidas, Athanatos, Dimitrios, Dinas, Konstantinos, Tzevelekis, Filippos, Bontis, John N
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918395
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-8699
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Sumario: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.

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