Management of pregnancy in systemic lupus erythematosus

Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 710-718

  Lateef, Aisha ^a   Petri, Michelle ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; HEPARIN; HYDRALAZINE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LA ANTIBODY; LABETALOL; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLDOPA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RO ANTIBODY; TACROLIMUS; UNINDEXED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTRACEPTION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG SAFETY; FETUS MORTALITY; HEART BLOCK; HELLP SYNDROME; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OPEN STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREDICTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TERATOGENICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84870712836     PISSN: 17594790     EISSN: 17594804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrrheum.2012.133     Document Type: Review

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