Lupus and pregnancy - 15 years of experience in a tertiary center

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 77-81

  Ambrósio, Paula ^a   Lermann, Rita ^a   Cordeiro, Alexandra ^a   Borges, Augusta ^a   Nogueira, Isabel ^a   Serrano, Fátima ^a,b  

^a Maternidade Dr Alfredo da Costa ^*  (Portugal)

^b NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Pregnancy; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LA ANTIBODY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE LABOR; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953324811     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-009-8139-9     Document Type: Article

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