Abstract Number: 1464 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
The Oral Microbiome as a Risk Factor for Benign or Pathologic Autoimmunity Associated with Anti-SSA/Ro Positivity and Mimicry for Von Willebrand Factor Type a Domain Protein (vWFA) of L. Mirabilis
Background/Purpose: Autoantibody production precedes SLE or SS by years, including anti-Ro. Anti-Ro+ mothers of children with congenital heart block (CHB) are a unique population at…