Neonatal lupus is not true lupus. It is a rare condition associated with anti-SSA/Ro and/or anti-SSB/La antibodies from the mother that affect the fetus. At birth, the baby may have a skin rash, liver ...

Congenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that affects babies born to mothers with specific autoantibodies - called ...

New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that heart rate monitoring is a feasible, accurate tool to check for heart rhythm ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Anti-SSA/RO antibodies may indicate risk for spontaneous abortion. Findings should be validated with real-world ...

The baby was diagnosed with neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE). A skin biopsy taken from her back revealed interface dermatitis with dyskeratosis and increased dermal mucin. Echocardiogram and ECG ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Physicians who care for pregnant women have long sought to identify which of their patients would most likely benefit from monitoring of their fetus's heart rate ...

Investigators conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 72 studies conducted in Europe, Scandinavia, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East. Analyses were based on data from 10,355 ...

Congenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that affects babies born to mothers with specific autoantibodies — called ...

Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) was likely first reported in 1928 in two siblings with congenital heart block (CHB) born to a mother with Sjogren's syndrome (Aylward, 1928). In 1954, McCuistion and ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Congenital heart block, sometimes referred to as cardiac neonatal lupus, is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition that affects babies born to ...