Effect of steroid administration and plasmapheresis to prevent fetal congenital heart block in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and/or Sjögren's syndrome

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2007;86(9):1145-6. doi: 10.1080/00016340701343024.

Authors

Shintaro Makino¹, Hisashi Yonemoto, Shigeru Itoh, Satoru Takeda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. shintaro@med.Juntendo.ac.jp

PMID: 17712660
DOI: 10.1080/00016340701343024

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Antinuclear / blood
Antibodies, Antinuclear / immunology
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
Heart Block / congenital*
Heart Block / prevention & control*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / blood
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology
Plasmapheresis / methods*
Prednisolone / therapeutic use*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / blood*
Pregnancy Complications / immunology
Sjogren's Syndrome / blood
Sjogren's Syndrome / complications
Sjogren's Syndrome / immunology
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antibodies, Antinuclear
Glucocorticoids
SS-A antibodies
SS-B antibodies
Prednisolone