Persistent fetal sinus bradycardia associated with maternal anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2682-2685

  Chockalingam, Priya ^a   Jaeggi, Edgar T ^b   Rammeloo, Lukas A ^c   Haak, Monique C ^c,d   Adama Van Scheltema, Phebe N ^d   Breur, Johannes M P J ^e   Bartelings, Margot M ^d   Clur, Sally Ann B ^a   Blom, Nico A ^a,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Fetus; Heart block; Prognosis; Sinus bradycardia

Indexed keywords

LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FEMALE; FETAL SINUS BRADYCARDIA; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS ARREST; SINUS BRADYCARDIA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIGENS; BRADYCARDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 82755171746     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110720     Document Type: Article

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