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  • Title: Lysosomal storage diseases in non-immune hydrops fetalis pregnancies.
    Author: Kooper AJ, Janssens PM, de Groot AN, Liebrand-van Sambeek ML, van den Berg CJ, Tan-Sindhunata GB, van den Berg PP, Bijlsma EK, Smits AP, Wevers RA.
    Journal: Clin Chim Acta; 2006 Sep; 371(1-2):176-82. PubMed ID: 16674934.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: At least 20 inborn errors of metabolism may cause hydrops fetalis. Most of these are lysosomal storage diseases. The study proposes a diagnostic flowchart for prenatal diagnosis of non-immune hydrops fetalis. METHODS: This study contains a series of 75 non-immune hydrops fetalis pregnancies. Mucopolysaccharides, oligosaccharides, neuraminic acid and 21 lysosomal enzymes were measured in amniotic fluid and cultured amniotic cells. RESULTS: The study gives reference values for mucopolysaccharides and neuraminic acid at various stages of gestation. Four definite and two probable lysosomal diagnoses were found among the 75 investigated cases (=5.3-8%). Fetal death was found to cause false positive values for mucopolysaccharides in amniotic fluid. In the galactosialidosis case, two novel mutations were found in the cathepsin A gene. CONCLUSIONS: Reference values for mucopolysaccharides and neuraminic acid depend on gestational age. In a relatively high percentage of the hydrops foetalis pregnancies, a lysosomal aetiology is found. This study provides a strategy to diagnose lysosomal diseases in hydrops fetalis pregnancies. Awareness of lysosomal storage diseases causing hydrops fetalis is useful as it gives an opportunity for risk evaluation, genetic counseling to parents and targeted prenatal diagnostics for ensuing pregnancies.
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