1. Pregnancy in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
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Virginia D. Steen, Cecily A. Clark-Ganheart, and Julia Timofeev
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Infertility ,Pregnancy ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Obstetrics ,Interstitial lung disease ,Intrauterine growth restriction ,medicine.disease ,Scleroderma ,Increased risk ,medicine ,In patient ,business ,Unintended pregnancy - Abstract
Despite early literature suggesting an increased risk of infertility and significant pregnancy complications, favorable obstetric and neonatal outcomes can be achieved in patients with scleroderma. Commonly reported complications include prematurity and intrauterine growth restriction, and most of the adverse pregnancy outcomes occur in women with early, diffuse systemic sclerosis. Ideally, patients should undergo preconception counseling to determine if multi-organ involvement precludes pregnancy.
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- 2014
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