Lupus and pregnancy: Integrating clues from the bench and bedside

European Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 672-678

  Ruiz Irastorza, Guillermo ^a   Khamashta, Munther A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin; Foetal death; Lupus anticoagulant; Miscarriage; Preeclampsia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; STEROID;

BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS DISTRESS; FETUS WASTAGE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG DISEASE; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUERPERIUM; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOSIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTICOAGULANTS; ASPIRIN; AZATHIOPRINE; COUNSELING; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955613224     PISSN: 00142972     EISSN: 13652362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2010.02443.x     Document Type: Review

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