Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report

Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report

An association between complete congenital heart block (CCHB) and anti-Ro/SSA antibody is well recognized but has never been reported in Thailand. We report here a 37-year-old female who was admitted because of massive epistaxis secondary to immune thrombocytopenia. She had given birth to a child wi...

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Main Authors: Louthrenoo W., Boonyaratavej S., Sittiwangkul R., Sukitawut W.
Format: Case Reports
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-34012014-08-30T02:26:05Z Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report Louthrenoo W. Boonyaratavej S. Sittiwangkul R. Sukitawut W. An association between complete congenital heart block (CCHB) and anti-Ro/SSA antibody is well recognized but has never been reported in Thailand. We report here a 37-year-old female who was admitted because of massive epistaxis secondary to immune thrombocytopenia. She had given birth to a child with CCHB 2 years previously, when she was healthy. Antinuclear antibody and anti-Ro/SSA were positive in her sera, but were negative in her son. The relationship between anti-Ro/SSA antibody and outcome of mothers with infants with CCHB is reviewed. 2014-08-30T02:26:05Z 2014-08-30T02:26:05Z 1998 Case Reports 0125-2208 9737117 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482 http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3401 eng
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description An association between complete congenital heart block (CCHB) and anti-Ro/SSA antibody is well recognized but has never been reported in Thailand. We report here a 37-year-old female who was admitted because of massive epistaxis secondary to immune thrombocytopenia. She had given birth to a child with CCHB 2 years previously, when she was healthy. Antinuclear antibody and anti-Ro/SSA were positive in her sera, but were negative in her son. The relationship between anti-Ro/SSA antibody and outcome of mothers with infants with CCHB is reviewed.
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author Louthrenoo W.
Boonyaratavej S.
Sittiwangkul R.
Sukitawut W.
spellingShingle Louthrenoo W.
Boonyaratavej S.
Sittiwangkul R.
Sukitawut W.
Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report
author_facet Louthrenoo W.
Boonyaratavej S.
Sittiwangkul R.
Sukitawut W.
author_sort Louthrenoo W.
title Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report
title_short Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report
title_full Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report
title_fullStr Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Anti Ro/SSA positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report
title_sort anti ro/ssa positive undifferentiated connective tissue disease in a mother with a newborn with complete congenital heart block: a case report
publishDate 2014
url http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482
http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/3401
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