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- Title
Successful outcome of pregnancy after treatment of maternal anti-ro (SSA) antibodies with immunosuppressive therapy and plasmapheresis.
- Authors
Van Der Leij, J. N.; Visser, G. H. A.; Bink-Boelkens, M. Th. E.; Meilof, J. F.; Kallenberg, C. G. M.
- Abstract
In this short communication we describe a patient with anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies whose first child died of congenital complete heart block (CCHB). During her second pregnancy she was treated with prednisolone, azathioprine, and plasmapheresis, and levels of anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies fell significantly. The pregnancy evolved uneventfully and resulted in the birth of an unaffected male infant. This is the fourth reported case of a successful outcome of pregnancy after treatment with immunosuppressive drugs in a woman with a significant risk of recurrence of CCHB.
- Publication
Prenatal Diagnosis, 1994, Vol 14, Issue 10, p1003
- ISSN
0197-3851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pd.1970141019