Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)
December 2021
Objective: We aimed to investigate the impact of applying the 2019 European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a previously described cohort of women with undifferentiated connective tissue disease (UCTD).
Methods: This study included 133 women with UCTD. At the time of inclusion into the study, none of the patients met any classification criteria for other defined systemic connective tissue disease.
Objectives: To investigate fetal/perinatal and maternal outcomes from a large multicentre cohort of women diagnosed with UCTD.
Methods: This multicentre retrospective cohort study describes the outcomes of 224 pregnancies in 133 consecutive women with a diagnosis of UCTD, positive for ANA and aged <45 years old at study inclusion.
Results: Of the 224 pregnancies analysed, 177 (79%) resulted in live births, 45 (20.