Pregnancy and vasculitis: A systematic review of the literature

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 6-7, 2012, Pages

  Gatto, Mariele ^a   Iaccarino, Luca ^a   Canova, Mariagrazia ^a   Zen, Margherita ^a   Nalotto, Linda ^a   Ramonda, Roberta ^a   Punzi, Leonardo ^a   Doria, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Pregnancy; Systematic review; Treatment; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUPIVACAINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FENTANYL; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEPIRUDIN; LIDOCAINE; METHYLDOPA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BEHCET DISEASE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COGAN SYNDROME; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECLAMPSIA; FETUS OUTCOME; FETUS WASTAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LABOR INDUCTION; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; VASCULITIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84858447245     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2011.11.019     Document Type: Review

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