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Table 2 Reported incidence of lysosomal storage disorder and inborn errors of metabolism, respectively in 13 different studies on NIHF or congenital ascites

From: Lysosomal storage disorder in non-immunological hydrops fetalis (NIHF) - more common than assumed? Report of four cases with transient NIHF and a review of the literature

Author

Total number of patients

 

LSD %

Gillan[19]

not defined

10-yr review of coded diagnosis of neonatal ascites

11%

Burin[11]

33

NIHF patients (28 pregnancies between 16 and 32 weeks, 5 newborns)

15%

Machin[20]

804

Literature review of HF case series (1980-1989)

1%

Jauniaux[21]

600

Literature review of NIHF with focus on genetic disorders (1982-1990)

1%

Groener[22]

17

NIHF detected by fetal ultrasound

5.9%

Piraud[23]

70

AF due to abnormal ultrasound findings (54 cases NIHF)

14.3% - 18%

Kooper[24]

75

Pregnancies 14-36 weeks of gestation, AF or cultured amniocytes

5.3% - 8%

Favre[16]

79

Fetal ascites of NIHF detected by routine ultrasound during the second or third trimester

8.9%

Mahoney[25]

27

Sonographic evaluation 13-34 weeks of gestation with NIHF

3.7%

Bellini[17]

6.361

Literature review of NIHF

1.1% (IEM)

Abrams[26]

414

NIHF, retrospective review of a large national data set (1996-2005)

1.2% (IEM)

MacFadden[27]

90

Review all autopsy cases with HF over an 11- yr period

4.4% (IEM)

Larroche[28]

38

NIHF fetuses and newborns with focus on fetal cerebral ultrasounds

7.9% (IEM)

  1. AF: Amnion fluid, IEM: Inborn errors of metabolism, HF: Hydrops fetalis, NIHF: Non Immunological Hydrops fetalis.