Disease activity or remission of rheumatoid arthritis before, during and following pregnancy

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-333

  De Man, Yael A ^a,b   Dolhain, Radboud J E M ^b   Hazes, Johanna M W ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

disease activity; postpartum period; pregnancy; pregnancy outcome; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

BONE DENSITY; CESAREAN SECTION; CONCEPTION; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ACTIVITY SCORE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; REMISSION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84897507375     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0000000000000045     Document Type: Review

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