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Anca Maria Panaitescu1, Kypros Nicolaides1.
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Maternal autoantibodies can cross the placenta and cause fetal damage. This article summarizes the development and management of fetal thyroid goiter in response to maternal Graves' disease and/or its treatment with antithyroid medication, fetal heart block due to maternal anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies, fetal athrogryposis multiplex congenita in association with maternal myasthenia gravis and fetal brain hemorrhage due to maternal autoimmune thrombocytopenia.Entities:
Keywords: Graves’ disease; Maternal autoantibodies; anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies; athrogryposis multiplex congenital; autoimmune thrombocytopenia; fetal brain hemorrhage; fetal heart block; fetal thyroid goiter; myasthenia gravis
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28627279 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1326904
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med ISSN: 1476-4954