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Pregnant women with lupus face higher risk of complications and death

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 7th, 2006

Women with systemic lupus who become pregnant are at significantly greater risk for death or other medical complications than are pregnant women without lupus, Duke University Medical Center researchers have found in a nationwide study of more than 18 million women.

The study, believed to be largest of its kind, suggests that pregnant women with systemic lupus should be considered a high-risk population and should be monitored closely by both a rheumatologist and an obstetrician who specializes in caring for high-risk patients, the researchers said.

"Pregnant women with lupus should never try to go through their pregnancy alone and simply hope for...

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