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Pregnancy in patients with autoimmune disease: A reality in 2016.
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Autoimmunity reviews [Autoimmun Rev] 2016 Oct; Vol. 15 (10), pp. 975-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 29. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Autoimmune rheumatic diseases are chronic systemic conditions often affecting young women during their reproductive years, so that pregnancy is a major issue in their management. For a long time pregnancy has been discouraged in these women, mainly for two reasons: gestation could aggravate maternal disease and, vice versa, the disease could negatively influence the gestational outcome. The great improvement in the approach to pregnancy done in the past few decades has allowed a progressively increasing number of affected women to fulfill their family plan. Women should be informed about potential risks related to their disease, but they should also be reassured that a good pregnancy outcome is possible if conception occurs in a stable remission state, teratogenic medications have been properly withdrawn and "safe" drugs have been mantained to prevent disease flare. A brief excursus regarding the main issues regarding SLE/APS, Systemic Sclerosis and Systemic Vasculitis is provided, in the attempt to delineate the main risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcome, the onset of maternal complications and the role played by a close multi-specialistic monitoring.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-0183
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Autoimmunity reviews
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27481037
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2016.07.017