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Pregnancy and Rheumatology
What you need to know about pregnancy
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease with the highest prevalence in women of childbearing age, characterized by venous and/or arterial thrombosis, pregnancy complications and the presence of specific autoantibodies called antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL). More info on APS can be found here.
Here you could find some useful links on topic:
- Marder W, Littlejohn EA, Somers EC. Pregnancy and autoimmune connective tissue diseases. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2016;30(1):63-80. [published correction appears in Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Apr 2;101490]
- Ryan SL, Bhattacharyya S. Connective Tissue Disorders in Pregnancy. Neurol Clin. 2019;37(1):121-129.
- Arese V, Murabito P, Ribero S, et al. Autoimmune connective tissue diseases and pregnancy. G Ital Dermatol Venereol. 2019;154(3):263-276.
Here you could find some articles cited during the webinar:
- Moroni G, Ponticelli C. The risk of pregnancy in patients with lupus nephritis. J Nephrol. 2003;16(2):161-167.
- Clowse ME, Magder LS, Witter F, Petri M. The impact of increased lupus activity on obstetric outcomes. Arthritis Rheum. 2005;52(2):514-521.
- Bramham K, Briley AL, Seed PT, Poston L, Shennan AH, Chappell LC. Pregnancy outcome in women with chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study. Reprod Sci. 2011;18(7):623-630.
- Wagner SJ, Craici I, Reed D, et al. Maternal and foetal outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis. Lupus. 2009;18(4):342-347.
- Gianfreda D, Quaglini S, Frontini G, Raffiotta F, Messa P, Moroni G. Does pregnancy have any impact on long term damage accrual and on the outcome of lupus nephritis? J Autoimmun. 2017;84:46-54.
- Jungers P, Chauveau D. Pregnancy in renal disease. Kidney Int. 1997;52(4):871-885.
- Abe S. Pregnancy in glomerulonephritic patients with decreased renal function. Hypertens Preg 1996;15:305–12
- Jones DC, Hayslett JP. Outcome of pregnancy in women with moderate or severe renal insufficiency. N Engl J Med. 1996;335(4):226-232. [published correction appears in N Engl J Med 1997 Mar 6;336(10):739]
- Davison JM, Baylis C: Pregnancy in patients with underlying renal disease; in Davison AM, Cameron JS, Grunfeld JP (eds): Oxford Textbook of Clinical Nephrology (2nd Edition). Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998, 2327-2348.
