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Review
. 2017;55(1):29-37.
doi: 10.5114/reum.2017.66685. Epub 2017 Mar 22.

An ever-challenging relationship: lupus and pregnancy

Andra Bălănescu  1 , Teodora Donisan  1 , Dinu Bălănescu  1
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Review

An ever-challenging relationship: lupus and pregnancy

Andra Bălănescu et al. Reumatologia. 2017.

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease with an unknown etiology and an autoimmune pathogenesis, and its clinical manifestations can involve multiple organs through polymorphic biological changes. Nowadays, pregnancy is possible for most patients with SLE, and good outcomes can be expected for both mother and child. This became possible as a consequence of increasingly better monitoring and treatment of pregnant women with SLE. The following article outlines the problems associated with fertility, course of pregnancy, and breastfeeding in women with SLE.

Keywords: pregnancy; systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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