title: Women with pregnancy-related polymyositis and high serum CK levels in the newborn.
abstract: Two previously healthy women developed an inflammatory myopathy before the term of their first pregnancy. Skeletal muscle biopsy led to a diagnosis of T cell-mediated polymyositis. Both babies were healthy, but their serum creatine kinase levels remained elevated for a few months after birth. Their mothers did well after corticosteroid treatment.
authors.affiliation: Centro Dino Ferrari, Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Messina
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fagiolari
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamperti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavaletti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prelle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scarlato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bresolin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moggio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sciacco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003402:Creatine Kinase