Introduction: Fetal cardiac neonatal lupus (CNL) due to maternal anti-Ro antibodies (anti-Ro Ab) manifests as atrioventricular block (AVB) and/or extranodal cardiac disease. Despite the high morbidity ...

Introduction: Knowing maternal anti-Ro antibody status prior to pregnancy is important since surveillance can detect early and treatable manifestations of fetal cardiac neonatal lupus (CNL); ...

About 80% of people with lupus have skin-related symptoms like rashes or lesions. A butterfly rash on the face is a telltale sign of lupus, often seen in about 50% of people with the disease. Wearing ...

Congenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that affects babies born to mothers with specific autoantibodies - called ...

Objective: To determine pregnancy outcomes in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were treated with hydroxychloroquine in a tertiary center. Methods: A retrospective study involving ...

Singer and actress Selena Gomez recently revealed that she developed arthritis related to her lupus. She has openly discussed her battle with lupus since 2015. While arthritis is often perceived as an ...

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Women and Children’s Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China Background: Neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection complicated by neonatal lupus ...

Pregnant women with SLE who experience cardiovascular events, especially those with lupus nephritis or antiphospholipid antibodies, have the highest risks for multiple maternal and infant adverse ...

May kicks off Lupus awareness month during which sufferers of the illness, and their supporters, wear purple or butterflies to bring awareness to the autoimmune disease. Both, along with the wolf, are ...

There are 4 different types of lupus, systemic, cutaneous, drug-induced and neonatal. Systemic lupus is where most of the world’s lupus cases fall under. An estimated 70 percent of lupus cases are ...