Multiparity after an initial diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: a report on a rare case

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 2005.e1 - 2005.e2
• Main Authors: Campos-Sousa, Raimundo Nonato, M.D, Almeida, Kelson James, M.D, dos Santos, Alesse Ribeiro, M.D, Lopes-Costa, Pedro Vitor, M.D, da Silva, Benedito Borges, M.D., Ph.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Antiparkinson Agents - therapeutic use; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Internal Medicine; levodopa; Levodopa - therapeutic use; Live Birth; multiparity; Natural Childbirth; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Parity; Parkinson Disease - diagnosis; Parkinson Disease - drug therapy; Parkinson Disease - physiopathology; Parkinson's disease; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - diagnosis; Pregnancy Complications - physiopathology; Pregnancy Complications - therapy; tremor; tremor; Parkinson's disease; levodopa; pregnancy; multiparity
• ISSN: 0015-0282; 1556-5653
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.037

Objective To report a very rare case of multiparity after a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Design Case report. Setting Department of neurology and gynecology of a university teaching hospital. Patient(s) A 36-year-old multiparous woman. Intervention(s) Treatment of PD during pregnancy. Main Outcome Measure(s) The effect of multiparity on PD. Result(s) Multiparity had no effect on the progression of PD, and treatment of the disease during pregnancy appears to have been safe. Conclusion(s) Multiparity after a diagnosis of PD is extremely rare and, in the present case, had no effect on the progression of the disease.