Systemic lupus erythematosus and pregnancy.
SLE is an autoimmune condition primarily affecting females in their reproductive years. Advances in medical management of SLE, improved understanding of pregnancy complications and the improvement in neontal medicine have allowed females with SLE to have successful pregnancies.
Druzin
M L
ML
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94035-5317, USA.
Van Vollenhoven
R F
RF
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012307:Risk Factors