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Assessment of Maternal Vascular Remodeling During Pregnancy in the Mouse Uterus
Published on: December 5, 2015
Pregnancy and vasculitis
1The Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. seo@jhmi.edu
Abstract:
Until recently, the prognosis associated with many forms of systemic vasculitis was quite grim. Advances in this field have allowed us to begin to focus on issues related to quality of life such as fertility, conception, and pregnancy among women with vasculitis. Because the systemic vasculitides are rare diagnoses, many important questions remain unanswered. Overall, it seems that women who have inactive vasculitis may not be subject to unusual complications during pregnancy, but our understanding of the interaction between pregnancy and specific forms of vasculitis continues to evolve.
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