Embarazo y fetal de cadena larga 3-hidroxiacil coenzima A deficiencia de deshidrogenasa

B Wilcken1, K C Leung, J Hammond

  • 1Oliver Latham Laboratory, New South Wales Health Department, Sydney, Australia.

Lancet (London, England)
|February 13, 1993
PubMed
Resumen

Los embarazos complicados por la deficiencia de la coenzima 3-hidroxiacil de cadena larga fetal A deshidrogenasa (LCHAD) pueden causar problemas hepáticos maternos como hígado graso y síndrome HELLP. Los bebés no afectados nacieron de madres sin estas complicaciones, lo que sugiere que el estado fetal de LCHAD afecta la salud materna.

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