Advanced atrioventricular block in a neonate with lupus erythematosus and anti-SS-A antibodies
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T Shimizu1, T Ino, K Nishimoto
1Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Pediatric Cardiology
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Recent studies suggested that the involvement of anti-SS-A and anti-SS-B antibodies in the pathogenesis of neonatal lupus erythematosus and congenital heart block. We here describe a female neonate with lupus erythematosus, advanced atrioventricular block, and a positive test for anti-SS-A antibodies. The findings of His-bundle recordings are presented.