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Abstract Number: 1286 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Juvenile Scleroderma Classification Criteria for Juvenile Systemic Sclerosis. Results from the Jssc Inception Cohort
Jens Klotsche¹, Ivan Foeldvari², Ozgur Kasapcopur³, Vanessa Smith⁴, Flavio Sztajnbok⁵, Maria M. Katsicas⁶, Rolando Cimaz⁷, Mahesh Janarthanan⁸, Jordi Anton⁹, Mikhail Kostik¹⁰, Dana Nemkova¹¹, Walter A. Sifuentes-Giraldo¹², Valda Stanevicha¹³, Kathryn S. Torok¹⁴, Simone Appenzeller¹⁵, Tadey Avcin¹⁶, Lillemor Berntson¹⁷, Liora Harel¹⁸, Tilmann Kallinich¹⁹, Maria José Santos²⁰, Maria Teresa Terreri²¹, Yosef Uziel²² and Nicola Helmus², ¹Epidemiology unit, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ²Hamburg Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany, ³Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Faculty of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, ⁵Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ⁶Service of Immunology & Rheumatology., Hospital de Pediatría Prof Dr JP Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Pediatrics, Ospedale Pediatrico Anna Meyer, Florence, Italy, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Chennai, India, ⁹pediatric Rheumatology, University Childrenxs Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Pediatrics, State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, ¹¹Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Pediatric cathedra, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁴Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh Med Ctr, Pittsburgh, PA, ¹⁵Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, ¹⁶University Children's Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁷Dept. of Pediatrics, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹⁸Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ¹⁹Charité, Humbolt University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²⁰Reuma.pt, Almada, Portugal, Almada, Portugal, ²¹Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP - Universidade Federal de São Paulo), São Paulo, Brazil, ²²Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel
Background/Purpose: Juvenile systemic sclerosis (jSSc) is a rare disease during childhood. Classification criteria for jSSc were published in 2007. They include a major criterion that…
Abstract Number: 1287 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Cone Beam Computed Tomography for the Assessment of Linear Scleroderma of the Face
Francesco Zulian¹, Chiara Di Giovanni², Stafano Puggina³, Alessandra Meneghel¹, Sabina Trainito⁴ and Giorgia Martini², ¹University of Padua, Department of Woman and Child Health, Padua, Italy, ²Department of Woman and Child Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, ³Unix Radiology Service, Affidea Group inc., Piove di Sacco, Italy, ⁴Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Background/Purpose: Linear scleroderma of the face (LSF) is a very disabling condition and, to date, standardized and validated methods for assessing and monitoring the disease…
Abstract Number: 1288 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Renal Disease Course in Pediatric Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Associated Vasculitis in the First 12-Months – a Pediatric Vasculitis Initiative (PedVas) Study
Kimberly Morishita¹, Audrea Chen², Cherry Mammen¹, Angelyne Rivera³ and David Cabral¹, ¹BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Renal disease is the most common manifestation of pediatric anti-neutrophil cycloplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated vasculitis (AAV). Renal disease course and early trajectories have not…
Abstract Number: 1289 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Assessing ACR/EULAR Provisional 2017 Classification Criteria for Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) in a Cohort of 376 Children with Small to Medium Vessel Chronic Vasculitis – a Pediatric Vasculitis Initiative (PedVas) Study
Angelyne Rivera¹, Kimberly Morishita², David Cabral² and Raashid Luqmani³, ¹Pediatrics, BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²BC Children's Hospital and University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Classification of chronic vasculitis to clinically or etiologically meaningful groups has been challenging. In 2008, the 1990 ACR classification criteria for GPA was adapted…
Abstract Number: 1290 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preterm Birth Phenotypes in Women with Autoimmune Diseases
Kathleen D. Kolstad¹, Jonathan A. Mayo², Lorinda Chung³, Yashaar Chaichian⁴, Victoria M. Kelly⁵, Maurice Druzin⁶, David K. Stevenson⁷, Gary M. Shaw⁸ and Julia F Simard⁹, ¹Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ²Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, ³Rheumatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, ⁴Medicine, Immunology & Rheumatology Division, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁵Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, CA, ⁶Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁷Pediatrics - Neonatology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁸Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and Developmental Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁹Division of Epidemiology, Health Research and Policy Department, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Systemic autoimmune diseases expose patients to chronic inflammation, immune dysregulation, and vascular abnormalities; complications that can impact obstetric outcomes. The goal of this study…
Abstract Number: 1291 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Preterm Delivery Phenotypes in SLE Pregnancies
Julia F Simard¹, Yashaar Chaichian², Marios Rossides³, Anna-Karin Wikstrom⁴, Gary M. Shaw⁵ and Maurice Druzin⁶, ¹Medicine, Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Medicine, Immunology & Rheumatology Division, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ³Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ⁵Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and Developmental Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁶Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
Background/Purpose: Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at greater risk of preterm delivery compared to women without lupus. A significant proportion of SLE pregnancies…
Abstract Number: 1292 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Long-Term Follow-up of 320 Chilren Born to Mothers with Systemic Autoimmune Diseases: A Multicentre Survey from 24 Rheumatology Centers in Italy
Maria Grazia Lazzaroni¹, Cecilia Nalli¹, Laura Andreoli¹, Chiara Carini¹, Marilia Rodrigues², Francesca Dall'Ara¹, Elena Bartoloni-Bocci³, Roberto Gerli³, Maria Gerosa⁴, Cecilia B. Chighizola⁵, Pier Luigi Meroni⁴, Luigi Sinigaglia⁶, Paola Conigliaro⁷, Roberto Perricone⁷, Ada Corrado⁸, Francesco Paolo Cantatore⁸, Salvatore D'Angelo⁹, Ignazio Olivieri⁹, Maria Favaro¹⁰, Maddalena Larosa¹⁰, Andrea Doria¹⁰, Amelia Ruffatti¹¹, Elena Generali¹², Carlo Selmi¹³, Marianna Meroni¹⁴, Maurizio Cutolo¹⁵, Melissa Padovan¹⁶, Marcello Govoni¹⁶, Giulia Pazzola¹⁷, Carlo Salvarani¹⁸, Susanna Peccatori¹⁹, Giuseppe Paolazzi¹⁹, Imma Prevete²⁰, Giovanni Minisola²⁰, Gian Domenico Sebastiani²¹, Antonio Brucato²², Véronique Ramoni²³, Roberto Caporali²⁴, Carlomaurizio Montecucco²⁴, Viola Signorini²⁵, Chiara Tani²⁶, Marta Mosca²⁵, Marica Trevisani²⁷, Nazzarena Malavolta²⁷, Marta Vadacca²⁸, Antonella Afeltra²⁹, Ester Vivaldelli³⁰, Armin Maier³⁰, Elisa Visalli³¹, Rosario Foti³¹, Carolina Benigno³², Lucia Zuliani³³, Armando Gabrielli³³, Corrado Campochiaro³⁴, Elena Baldissera³⁵, Maria Grazia Sabbadini³⁶, Nicoletta Romeo³⁷ and Angela Tincani¹, ¹University and Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ³University and Azienda Ospedaliera of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ⁴Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ⁵Rheumatology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, University of Milan, Cusano Milanino, Italy, ⁶Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, University of Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ⁷Policlinico Tor Vergata of Rome, Rome, Italy, ⁸Ospedali Riuniti of Foggia, Foggia, Italy, ⁹San Carlo Hospital of Potenza, Potenza, Italy, ¹⁰University and Azienda Ospedaliera of Padova, Padova, Italy, ¹¹Unità di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina-DIMED, Università di Padova., Padova, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano (MI), Italy, ¹³Humanitas Research Hospital of Milan, Rozzano, Italy, ¹⁴Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS A.O.U. San Martino-IST, University of Genova, Genoa, Italy, Genova, Italy, ¹⁵Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, IRCCS San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁶UOC of Rheumatology, University Hospital S. Anna, Cona Ferrara, Italy, ¹⁷Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico of Reggio-Emilia, Reggio-Emilia, Italy, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova - IRCCS; Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio-Emilia, Italy, ¹⁹Azienda Provinciale Servizi Sanitari of Trento, Trento, Italy, ²⁰Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo of Rome, Roma, Italy, ²¹Rheumatology, San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Roma, Italy, ²²Struttura Complessa Medicina Interna, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, ²³Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII of Bergamo, Policlinico San Matteo of Pavia, Bergamo, Pavia, Italy, ²⁴University and Policlinico San Matteo of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²⁵University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²⁶Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²⁷Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, ²⁸University Campus Biomedico of Rome, Roma, Italy, ²⁹University Campus Biomedico of Rome, roma, Italy, ³⁰Ospedale of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy, ³¹Policlinico Vittorio Emanuele-Ferrarotto-Bambin Gesù of Catania, Catania, Italy, ³²University Federico II of Napoli, Napoli, Italy, ³³Ospedali Riuniti of Ancona, Ancona, Italy, ³⁴Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, UCL Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ³⁵Ospedale San Raffaele of Milan, Milan, Italy, ³⁶Unit of Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Ospedale San Raffaele of Milano, Milan, Italy, ³⁷Ospedale S.Croce e Carle of Cuneo, Cuneo, Italy
Background/Purpose: Rheumatic Diseases (RD) frequently affect women during reproductive age, therefore counseling on family planning is crucial for their quality of life. Children's outcome is…
Abstract Number: 1293 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Indications for Cesarean Delivery in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pregnancies
Evelyne Vinet¹, Paul R. Fortin², Stéphanie Roberge³, Emmanuel Bujold⁴ and Nils Chaillet⁵, ¹Divisions of Rheymatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Infectious Diseases and Immunity Research Division, CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Québec, QC, Canada, ³Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada, ⁴Reproduction, mother and youth health, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL), Québec, QC, Canada, ⁵Département d’obstétrique et gynécologie et département de Médecine de famille et médecine d’urgence, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Pregnant SLE women are at increased risk of cesarean delivery compared to pregnant women from the general population. Yet, to date, no one has…
Abstract Number: 1294 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Time to Pregnancy in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Meriem El bakali¹, Sasha Bernatsky², Christian A. Pineau³ and Evelyne Vinet⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ²Divisions of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Divisions of Rheymatology and Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Women diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) during the reproductive period have fewer children than unaffected women. Multiple disease-related factors might influence family size…
Abstract Number: 1295 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pregnancy Outcome in Patients with SLE Compared to Patients with Other Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases: Real World Data from a Prospective Pregnancy Register
Rebecca Fischer-Betz¹, Christina Bungartz², Matthias Schneider¹, Jutta Richter¹, Anja Weiss², Angela Zink³ and Anja Strangfeld⁴, ¹Policlinic for Rheumatology & Hiller Research Centre for Rheumatology, Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ²German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany, ³Epidemiology Unit / Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, German Rheumatism Research Centre (DRFZ) / Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Epidemiology, German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany
Background/Purpose: SLE pregnancies are complicated due to risk for maternal disease exacerbation and potential for fetal and neonatal complications. With careful pre-pregnancy counseling and monitoring…
Abstract Number: 1296 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine Level Decreases throughout Pregnancy: Implications for Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes
Stephen Balevic¹, Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez², Amanda M. Eudy³, Laura E. Schanberg⁴ and Megan E. B. Clowse⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Adult and Pediatric, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Pharmacometrics Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, ³Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Pregnancies in women with active rheumatic disease often result in poor neonatal outcomes. Prior data suggests that hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can reduce disease activity and…
Abstract Number: 1297 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Hydroxychloroquine in Lupus Pregnancy: A Meta-Analysis of Individual Participant Data
Amanda M. Eudy¹, Michelle Petri², Rebecca Fischer-Betz³, Abeer Mokbel⁴, Cecilia Nalli⁵, Laura Andreoli⁵, Angela Tincani⁶, Yair Molad⁷, Stephen Balevic⁸ and Megan E. B. Clowse¹, ¹Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Medicine (Rheumatology), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Department of Rheumatology and Hiller Research Unit, University Hospital Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Cairo University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, ⁵Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁶Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Unit, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Hospital, Petach Tikva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁸Rheumatology, Adult and Pediatric, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Our current knowledge about how to treat lupus in pregnancy derives from small prospective or retrospective cohorts, and how best to manage lupus nephritis…
Abstract Number: 1298 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Tough Choices: Understanding the Medication Decision-Making Process for Women with Inflammatory Arthritis during Pregnancy and Lactation
Tayseer Haroun¹, Amanda M. Eudy^2,3,4,5, Malithi Jayasundara², W. Benjamin Nowell^6,7, Jeffrey R. Curtis⁸, Charlotte Whitney White⁹, Rachelle Crow-Hercher⁹, Seth D. Ginsberg¹⁰ and Megan E. B. Clowse^4,11, ¹Department of Medicine/Division of Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ²Rheumatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ³Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, ⁵Duke University Medical Center, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁶CreakyJoints/Global Health Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁷Global Healthy Living Foundation, Upper Nyack, NY, ⁸Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Arthritis Power, Upper Nyack, NY, ¹⁰Global Healthy Living Foundation, CreakyJoints, Upper Nyack, NY, ¹¹Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: With new data demonstrating medication compatibility in pregnancy and lactation, it is important to understand how this information can best reach patients. We sought…
Abstract Number: 1299 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Patient-Reported Disease Activity and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Nathaniel Harris¹, Amanda M. Eudy² and Megan E. B. Clowse², ¹Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Patient-reported measures of disease activity may provide useful adjuncts to physician-reported measures in identifying pregnancies at greater risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Little is…
Abstract Number: 1300 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
The Italian Registry of Autoimmune Congenital Heart Block (Lu.Ne Registry): Report of the First Year of Activity
Micaela Fredi¹, Laura Andreoli², Tiziana Bertero³, Alesandra Bortoluzzi⁴, Silvia Breda⁵, Veronica Cappa⁶, Fulvia Ceccarelli⁷, Rolando Cimaz⁸, Salvatore De Vita⁹, Emma Di Poi¹⁰, Franco Franceschini¹¹, Maria Gerosa¹², Marcello Govoni⁴, Ariela Hoxha¹³, Andrea Lojacono¹⁴, Luca Marozio¹⁵, Alessandro Mathieu¹⁶, Antonina Minniti¹⁷, Marina Muscarà¹⁸, Melissa Padovan⁴, Matteo Piga¹⁶, Roberta Priori⁷, Véronique Ramoni¹⁹, Amelia Ruffatti¹³, Marta Tonello¹³, Sonia Zatti²⁰, Stefano Calza⁶, Antonio Brucato⁵ and Angela Tincani², ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ³Ospedale Mauriziano, Torino, Italy, ⁴UOC of Rheumatology, University Hospital S. Anna, Cona Ferrara, Italy, ⁵Struttura Complessa Medicina Interna, ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy, ⁶Unit of Biostatistics and Biomathematics & Unit of Bioinformatics, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ⁷UO Complessa Reumatologia, Policlinico Umberto I Università Sapienza di Roma, Rome, Italy, ⁸Pediatric Rheumatology, Anna Meyer Children's Hospital-University of Firenze, Florence, Italy, ⁹Rheumatology Clinic, Academic Hospital S. M. della Misericordia, Medical Area Department, University of Udine, Italy, Udine, Italy, ¹⁰Clinica di Reumatologia, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italy, ¹¹Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹²Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, University of Milan, Milano, Italy, ¹³Unità di Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina-DIMED, Università di Padova., Padova, Italy, ¹⁴Obstetrics and Gynecology, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ¹⁵Ginecologia e Ostetricia 1, Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy, ¹⁶Unit and Chair of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ¹⁷UO Complessa Reumatologia, Policlinico Umberto I Università Sapienza di Roma, Roma, Italy, ¹⁸Reumatologia ASST Ospedale Niguarda, Milano, Italy, ¹⁹Rheumatology, Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation and University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ²⁰U.O. Ginecologia e Ostetricia ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Neonatal Lupus (NL) is a rare syndrome caused by placental transfer of maternal anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB autoantibodies to the fetus. Cardiac manifestations may comprise…

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