Pregnancy course and outcome in women with hereditary neuromuscular disorders: comparison of obstetric risks in 178 patients

C Awater, K Zerres, S Rudnik-Schöneborn - European Journal of Obstetrics …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Information about pregnancy and delivery in hereditary neuromuscular
disorders (NMD) is limited and largely restricted to small case series and single case
reports. Further data of obstetric histories in clinically and genetically defined subgroups are
required. STUDY DESIGN: We reviewed the obstetric histories of 178 patients with myotonic
dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and 2 (DM2), Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT), spinal muscular
atrophy (SMA), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), facioscapulohumeral muscular …