Is pregnancy a risk factor for rheumatic autoimmune diseases?

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 321-328

  Marder, Wendy ^a,b   Somers, Emily C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

autoimmune disease; pregnancy; rheumatic disease; rheumatoid arthritis; scleroderma; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN;

ABORTION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84897480496     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000047     Document Type: Review

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