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Neonatal lupus erythematosus syndrome: late detection of isolated heart block.
J Rheumatol
July 1993
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Department of Medicine (Division of Molecular and Clinical Rheumatology, Division of Cardiology), Baltimore, MD.
Article Synopsis
- Neonatal lupus erythematosus often leads to complete heart block that can be identified before birth or shortly after, but a case of incomplete heart block was identified in a 9-year-old.
- The child's mother was later diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome and tested positive for anti-Ro(SSA) antibodies two years after her child's heart block diagnosis.
- This situation marks the first report linking late-onset incomplete heart block in a child to maternal anti-Ro(SSA) antibodies.