N Lawrence1, C A Bligard, J Storer
1Department of Dermatology, Tulane Medical School, New Orleans, LA 70112.
Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) involves skin lesions, systemic disease, or heart block. Maternal HLA-A1, B8, DR3, DQ2, and DR52 increase NLE risk in infants born to mothers with SS-A/Ro and SS-B/La autoantibodies.
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