Maternal autoantibodies and congenital heart block: Clues from two consecutive pregnancies, one in which there was congenital complete heart block and one in which the fetus was healthy

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2079-2080

  Horsfall, Angela C ^a   Neu, Elli ^a   Forrest, G ^a   Venables, P J W ^a   Field, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Rheumatic Diseases   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS; GENE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROVIRIDAE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS;

EID: 0031764291     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199811)41:11<2079::AID-ART25>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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