Pregnancy in a Patient with Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Severe Restrictive Lung Disease

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare autosomal recessive neuromuscular disease that is often associated with chronic respiratory failure. Few cases have described the antepartum and postpartum course in patients with severely compromised respiratory status.

Keywords

• spinal muscular atrophy
• SMA
• pregnancy
• restrictive lung disease