Publications by authors named "Mathilde Weber"
Objective: To assess the frequency of fetal therapy for fetuses with congenital pulmonary malformations (CPMs) and to investigate their short-term outcomes.
Method: The study population included 435 singleton fetuses diagnosed with CPMs from a national population-based cohort study in France in 2015-2018. Information was obtained from medical records on CPM volume ratio (CVR), signs of compression, fetal therapy and perinatal outcomes.
Article Synopsis
- Impairment of genioglossus control is common in non- or mildly obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), affecting tongue movement even while awake.
- The study assessed tongue motor skills using the MBLF test in participants, comparing those with moderate-to-severe OSAS to those with mild or no OSAS, revealing significantly lower scores in the former group.
- Findings suggest that evaluating tongue function could be an effective screening tool to identify patients with moderate-to-severe OSAS, aiding in the decision for further sleep studies.
The recent finding that some patients with fetal akinesia deformation sequence (FADS) carry variants in the TUBB2B gene has prompted us to add to the existing literature a first description of two fetal FADS cases carrying TUBA1A variants. Hitherto, only isolated cortical malformations have been described with TUBA1A mutation, including microlissencephaly, lissencephaly, central pachygyria and polymicrogyria-like cortical dysplasia, generalized polymicrogyria cortical dysplasia, and/or the "simplified" gyral pattern. The neuropathology of our fetal cases shows several common features of tubulinopathies, in particular, the dysmorphism of the basal ganglia, as the most pathognomonic sign.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose Of The Study: The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of ovine umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (UC-MSCs) seeded in a fibrin patch as an adjuvant therapy for fetal myelomeningocele repair in the ovine model.
Materials And Methods: MMC defects were surgically created at 75 days of gestation and repaired 15 days later with UC-MSCs patch or an acellular patch. At birth, motor function, tail movements, and voiding abilities were recorded.