Neonatal lupus erythematosus: clinical findings and pathogenesis.
J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc
; 9(1): 52-6, 2004 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-14870986
ABSTRACT
Neonatal lupus erythematosus is an uncommon disease associated with maternal autoantibodies to proteins of the Ro/La (SSA/SSB) family. The clinical findings most often reported are third-degree heart block and cutaneous lupus lesions, but a significant number of children have cardiomyopathy, hepatobiliary disease, or hematologic cytopenias. The consistent presence of maternal autoantibodies and the transient nature of the disease implicate maternal autoantibodies as the cause of the disease, and developing animal models support the concept that the autoantibodies are pathogenic. Only a minority of babies exposed to the autoantibodies develop disease, however, and mothers and their babies have different disease manifestations. Thus, additional factors are likely to be important in determining disease expression.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Autoanticorpos
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Doenças do Recém-Nascido
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Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article