title: Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report.
abstract: An association between complete congenital heart block (CCHB) and anti-Ro/SSA antibody is well recognized but has never been reported in Thailand. We report here a 37-year-old female who was admitted because of massive epistaxis secondary to immune thrombocytopenia. She had given birth to a child with CCHB 2 years previously, when she was healthy. Antinuclear antibody and anti-Ro/SSA were positive in her sera, but were negative in her son. The relationship between anti-Ro/SSA antibody and outcome of mothers with infants with CCHB is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Louthrenoo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boonyaratavej
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sittiwangkul
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sukitawut
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003240:Connective Tissue Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006327:Heart Block / Q000151:congenital*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear