Abstracts tagged "antibodies and pregnancy"

Abstract Number: 1811 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Lupus Patients, and Their Sisters, Have Higher Miscarriage Rates Than Healthy Women
Eliza Chakravarty¹, David Miklos², Nathan Pezant³, Fang Wu², Indra Adrianto⁴, R. Hal Scofield³, Joel M. Guthridge⁵, Courtney Montgomery⁴ and Judith A. James⁴, ¹Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ²Hematology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁴Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, ⁵Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, OKC, OK
Background/Purpose: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that primarily affects women during the childbearing years. Among its protean manifestation, pregnancy complications including…