Fetal wastage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Ninety-six women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were found to have an abortion ratio higher than that of a comparison group (p = 0.005). This was true even before the onset of their RA (p = 0.007). The fertility rate of the patients with RA was not different from the control patients. This suggests the presence of a "rheumatoid diathesis" which long antedates the expression of the disease.
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy