Abstracts tagged "BAFF and pregnancy"

Abstract Number: 1870 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
B-Cell Activating Factor (BAFF) and Pregnancy Outcomes
Hindi E. Stohl¹, Lisa Korst¹, Richard H. Lee¹ and William Stohl², ¹Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Division of Rheumatology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Pregnancy often exacerbates systemic rheumatic diseases, and systemic rheumatic diseases often lead to adverse obstetric outcomes. Both rheumatic disease activity and adverse obstetrical outcomes…