Treatment of Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Heart Block With Permanent Epicardial Pacemaker in Neonatal Lupus Syndrome
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: Sema Tanriverdi, Zülal ÜLGER TUTAR, Betul Siyah Bilgin, NİLGÜN KÜLTÜRSAY, Mehmet YALAZ, Yüksel ATAY, Özge ALTUN
IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2015, vol 17
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.16200
Summary
Introduction: Neonatal lupus syndrome (NLS) is a passively acquired autoimmune condition due to the transplacental passage of maternal anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB antibodies in mothers with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and congenital complete heart block (CHB) is its most serious manifestation. Skin and hepatic involvement may occur in later infancy.