Prenatal exclusion of Pompe disease by electron microscopy.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2006 Sep; 37(5): 1021-4
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Pompe disease is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by alpha-glucosidase deficiency. The disease is characterized by accumulation of glycogen in the lysosomes. The accumulation has unique ultrastructural features which enable a prenatal diagnosis by electron microscopy. We describe prenatal electron microscopic testing in a fetus of a mother whose previous child died of Pompe disease. The disease in the affected child was diagnosed by a decrease in alpha-glucosidase activity of his skin fibroblasts. Electron microscopy of the chorionic villus sample and amniocytes revealed normal findings, thus predicting an unaffected fetus. The study was confirmed by the birth of a normal neonate who was still healthy at the age of 12 months. Electron microscopy is useful in the first and second trimesters to exclude Pompe disease prenatally. This test can be use prenatally and provides families with reassurance.
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Assunto principal:
Segundo Trimestre da Gravidez
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Primeiro Trimestre da Gravidez
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Diagnóstico Pré-Natal
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Recém-Nascido
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Gravidez
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Microscopia Eletrônica
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Doença de Depósito de Glicogênio Tipo II
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Lactente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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