Intra-uterine diagnosis of a central nervous system abnormality
Henrion, R.; Oury, J.F.; Dumez, Y.
Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction 11(2): 267-270
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0368-2315 PMID: 7108159 Document Number: 184294
The authors report a case of intra-uterine fetal convulsions. This is a very rare happening in which the cause is not easy to differentiate between a congenital or a traumatic factor. Some features have already been published. Most of them are connected with the syndrome of lack of pyridoxine, which is a familial condition transmitted by a recessive autosome. This diagnosis should be throught of because such a lack is lethal when not treated, and is curable without any after-effects simply by taking pyridoxin. The authors point out the importance of a qualitative analysis and not only a quantitative measurement of active movements that alone can lead to the detection of such abnormalities in fetal behaviour.