Mitochondrial Disease (MELAS Syndrome) Discovered at the Start of Pregnancy in a Patient with Advanced CKD: A Clinical and Ethical Challenge

Mitochondrial Disease (MELAS Syndrome) Discovered at the Start of Pregnancy in a Patient with Advanced CKD: A Clinical and Ethical Challenge

Pregnancy is a challenge in the life of a woman with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but also represents an occasion for physicians to make or reconsider diagnosis of kidney disease. Counselling is particularly challenging in cases in which a genetic disease with a heterogeneous and unpredictable phen...

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Main Authors: Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Di Bella, Antonio Toscano, Olimpia Musumeci, Michele Buemi, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
chronic kidney disease
pregnancy
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
MELAS syndrome
mitochondrial diseases
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/3/303

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