Abstract Number: 889 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Modeling Environmental and Genetic Determinants to Identify the Association of Risk Genes in Anti-Ro60-Mediated Injury: Relaxin Receptor I and Tumor Necrosis Factor
Background/Purpose: Fetuses exposed to maternal anti-Ro60 antibodies can develop cardiac conduction abnormalities and life threatening cardiomyopathy; manifestations of neonatal lupus (NL). Recent data support an injury…