[Neonatal antinuclear antibodies and the lupus syndrome]

Arch Fr Pediatr. 1985 Aug-Sep;42(7):517-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Neonatal lupus syndrome can be considered as being associated with pregnancy in women with lupus. Two antinomic cases are reported: a pregnancy in a woman presenting with Sjögren's syndrome, bearing a child with neonatal lupus syndrome (atrioventricular block and antinuclear antibodies) and a pregnancy in a woman presenting with lupus and giving birth to a normal child with antinuclear antibodies. These 2 case reports allow us to speculate on the pathophysiology of neonatal lupus syndromes in which the type of antinuclear antibodies seems to play a major role.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / classification
  • Antibodies, Antinuclear / immunology*
  • Female
  • Heart Block / congenital
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / congenital
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology*
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange
  • Phenotype
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / immunology*
  • Sjogren's Syndrome / immunology*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Antibodies, Antinuclear
  • Immunoglobulin G