methylation and neonatal disorders Archives

Abstract Number: 313 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Epigenetic Changes in Fibrosis and Myocyte Repair Genes May Contribute to Pathogenesis in Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Cardiac Manifestations of Neonatal Lupus
Paula S. Ramos¹, Timothy D. Howard², Miranda C. Marion³, Satria Sajuthi⁴, Robert M. Clancy⁵, Jill P. Buyon⁶ and Carl D. Langefeld⁴, ¹Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Center for Genomics and Personalized Medicine Research, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ³Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁴Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, ⁵Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, ⁶Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Background/Purpose: Cardiac manifestations of neonatal lupus (cardiac-NL) which comprise conduction defects and cardiomyopathy, occur in fetuses exposed to maternal anti-Ro antibodies and carry a case…

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