Advances in Understanding the Impact of Pregnancy in Inherited Metabolic Disorders
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Endocrinology and Clinical Metabolic Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2024) | Viewed by 4985
Special Issue Editor
2. The All Wales Inherited Metabolic Disease Service, Department of Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff CF14 4XW, UK
Interests: inherited metabolic disorders (IMD); nutrition science; phytochemicals; endocrinology; metabolism; pregnancy and IMD
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inherited metabolic disorders (IMD), or inborn errors of metabolism (IEM), largely evolved from paediatrics and represent an emerging specialty in adult medicine. Reduced childhood morbidity and mortality, alongside the enhanced application of diagnostic techniques and screening, therapeutic advances, and greater awareness of rare metabolic disorders, all contribute to the ongoing growth in this field.
Consequently, the impact of pregnancy on IMD requires delineating, as reproductive options are considered.
The scope of this Special Issue of Metabolites is, thus, broad and aims to encompass the following:
- Fertility in adults with IMD;
- Family planning and reproductive options in IMD;
- Inheritance patterns in IMD: implications for pregnancy planning;
- Foeto-maternal medicine and IMD;
- Clinical experience of pregnancy in specific IMDs and subtypes;
- Postpartum issues in IMD;
- Influences of IMD on lactation: maternal and neonatal aspects;
- Offspring of IMD mothers: long-term outcomes of IMD pregnancies.
Dr. Gisela Wilcox
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pregnancy
- inborn errors of metabolism
- inherited metabolic disorders
- urea cycle disorders
- mitochondrial function
- foeto-maternal medicine
- fatty acid oxidation
- amino acid disorders
- phenylketonuria
- glycogen storage diseases
- lysosomal storage disorders
- lactation
- postpartum
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