Publications by authors named "B Lafon"
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- Pyruvate Kinase (PK) deficiency is a common enzyme defect that leads to congenital hemolytic anemia, often evident from birth.
- A family with a history of PK deficiency underwent prenatal management for their third child after previous complications from the condition; ultrasound monitoring helped identify severe fetal anemia, resulting in two intrauterine red blood cell transfusions.
- Successful treatment allowed the third child to be born healthy, emphasizing the importance of fetal monitoring and management in families with a diagnosed proband for PK deficiency.
Introduction: Intra-abdominal calcifications (iAC) detected during fetal ultrasound examinations are characterized by their isolated or associated nature, as well as their location. Our objective was to describe all cases of isolated iAC along with their etiological investigations and neonatal outcome, during a 10-year practice in a referral center.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective descriptive monocentric study on neonates diagnosed with isolated iAC after antenatal expert ultrasound scan and referred to the Multidisciplinary Center for Prenatal Diagnosis at Trousseau Hospital and born between January 1st, 2008 and June 30th, 2018.
It has come to our attention that we did not specify whether the stimulation magnitudes we report in this Article are peak amplitudes or peak-to-peak. All references to intensity given in mA in the manuscript refer to peak-to-peak amplitudes, except in Fig. 2, where the model is calibrated to 1 mA peak amplitude, as stated.
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