Unexpected but successful non-instrumental vaginal delivery in a spinal muscular atrophy type II pregnant patient

Beatriz Nunes Vicente¹, Miguel Oliveira Santos^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal. bnunesvicente@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Institute of Physiology, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal.

Beatriz Nunes Vicente et al. Neurol Sci. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;42(9):3901-3902.

doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05344-6. Epub 2021 Jun 5.

Beatriz Nunes Vicente¹, Miguel Oliveira Santos^{2

3}

¹ Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal. bnunesvicente@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Hospital de Santa Maria, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Institute of Physiology, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida Professor Egas Moniz, 1649-035, Lisbon, Portugal.

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