Pregnancy outcome in systemic lupus erythematosus: Good news for the new millennium

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 354-359

  Cervera, Ricard ^a   Font, Josep ^a   Carmona, Francisco ^a   Balasch, Juan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Lupus nephropathy; Pregnancy; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE; HEPARIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BABY; CONCEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MONITORING; MOTHER; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SPAIN;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 0041467340     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-9972(02)00082-4     Document Type: Review

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