Miscarriage and Stillbirth in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Marianne Wallenius1, Kjell Å Salvesen2, Anne K Daltveit2

  • 1From the National Advisory Unit on Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Rheumatology, and the National Center for Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Trondheim University Hospital; Department of Neuroscience, and Department of Laboratory Medicine, Women's and Child Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim; Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen; Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN), Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway.M. Wallenius, MD, PhD, National Advisory Unit on Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Rheumatology, Trondheim University Hospital, and the Department of Neuroscience, NTNU; K.Å. Salvesen, MD, PhD, National Center for Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Trondheim University Hospital, and the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Women's and Child Health, NTNU; A.K. Daltveit, PhD, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, and the MBRN, Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health; J.F. Skomsvoll, MD, PhD, National Advisory Unit on Pregnancy and Rheumatic Diseases, Department of Rheumatology, Trondheim University Hospital. marianne.wallenius@ntnu.no.

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