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[Pregnancy in women with rheumatoid arthritis]
Lene Terslev1, Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe
1Parker Instituttet, Reumatologisk Klinik C, H:S Frederiksberg Hospital, DK-2000 Frederiksberg. Lene.Terslev@FH.HOSP.dk
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|September 4, 2003
Abstract:
As rheumatoid arthritis (RA) also affects women in the child-bearing years questions about interaction between the disease and a possible pregnancy are bound to arise. The article reviews the present knowledge of the influence of RA on fertility, inheritance, cause of pregnancy and its outcome, possible effect on the foetus and the disease post-partum and finally the treatment options before, during and after the pregnancy.