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- Title
Spectrum of Cardiac Involvement in Neonatal Lupus.
- Authors
Hornberger, L. K.; Al Rajaa, N.
- Abstract
‘Neonatal’ lupus erythematosus (NLE) describes a clinical spectrum of cardiac and non-cardiac abnormalities observed in neonates and foetuses whose mothers have the auto-antibodies anti-SSA/Ro (anti-Ro) and anti-SSB/La (anti-La). Of the cardiac abnormalities, congenital AVB is the most common cardiovascular abnormality found in affected foetuses and infants. Many other cardiovascular manifestations of NLE have been more recently recognized including atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and other conduction abnormalities, myocarditis, cardiomyopathy often with endocardiofibroelastosis and structural heart disease, particularly valvar lesions. In this report, the spectrum of cardiovascular manifestations observed in foetuses and infants with NLE are reviewed and the pathogenesis, diagnosis and clinical outcomes are briefly discussed.
- Subjects
LUPUS erythematosus; FETAL diseases; SKIN diseases; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; NEWBORN infants
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 2010, Vol 72, Issue 3, p189
- ISSN
0300-9475
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-3083.2010.02437.x