Gestational outcomes of pregnant women who have had invasive prenatal testing for the prenatal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy

Beksac, M.; Yurter, H.; Tanacan, A.; Soyak, B.; Orgul, G.; Hakli, D.; Celik, T.; Bora, G.; Cakar, A.; Topaloglu, H.

doi:10.7196/sajog.1270

Gestational outcomes of pregnant women who have had invasive prenatal testing for the prenatal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy

Beksac M. S. , Yurter H., Tanacan A., Soyak B. B. , Orgul G. G. , Hakli D. A. , ...Daha Fazla

SAJOG-SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, cilt.24, sa.1, ss.15-17, 2018 (ESCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)

Cilt numarası: 24 Konu: 1
Basım Tarihi: 2018
Doi Numarası: 10.7196/sajog.1270
Dergi Adı: SAJOG-SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.15-17

Özet

Background. Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease which is characterised by progressive degeneration of motor neurons in the anterior horns of the spinal cord. It is a mainly chromosome 5-linked genetic disorder, with recessive inheritance and it can be diagnosed prenatally.