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Anticardiolipin Syndrome, Aspirin Therapy and Fetal MalformationDepartment of Rheumatology, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich, UK
Department of Rheumatology, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Brunswick Road, Norwich, UK A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and elevated cardiolipin antibody levels was given low-dose aspirin therapy prior to and throughout her third pregnancy to minimize the risk of miscarriage. She delivered a boy at 38 weeks with the skeletal deformity of two thoracic hemivertebrae. The putative role of aspirin causing this birth defect is discussed.
Key Words: SLE Anticardiolipin syndrome Aspirin Fetal malformation
Lupus, Vol. 2, No. 1,
61-62 (1993) |
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