Dispelling the preconceived notion that lupus pregnancies result in poor outcomes

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1641-1642

  Buyon, Jill P ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

BIRTH; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 24944579880     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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