{"title":"Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Sex Hormones and Pregnancy in Rheumatic Diseases. Trondheim, Norway, 29 August-1 September 1998.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"1-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20698706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1080/03009742.1998.11720701
Y Shoenfeld, Y Sherer, P Fishman
Cytokines play an important role in the progression of autoimmune diseases, and therefore it is not surprising that their levels may be altered in some of these diseases. Interleukin-3 (IL-3), which is an hematopoietic growth factor as well as an important factor that aids in embryo implantation and placental development, was found to be decreased both in pregnant women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) compared with a control group, and in animal models of APS. Treatment of animals having APS with IL-3 succeeded in prevention of disease manifestations. In this communication we review IL-3 and APS interrelationship, and discuss the role of aspirin and other commonly used drugs, with respect to IL-3 levels in APS.
{"title":"Interleukin-3 and pregnancy loss in antiphospholipid syndrome.","authors":"Y Shoenfeld, Y Sherer, P Fishman","doi":"10.1080/03009742.1998.11720701","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cytokines play an important role in the progression of autoimmune diseases, and therefore it is not surprising that their levels may be altered in some of these diseases. Interleukin-3 (IL-3), which is an hematopoietic growth factor as well as an important factor that aids in embryo implantation and placental development, was found to be decreased both in pregnant women with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) compared with a control group, and in animal models of APS. Treatment of animals having APS with IL-3 succeeded in prevention of disease manifestations. In this communication we review IL-3 and APS interrelationship, and discuss the role of aspirin and other commonly used drugs, with respect to IL-3 levels in APS.</p>","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"19-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720701","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20671488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1080/03009742.1998.11720702
J P Buyon
{"title":"Neonatal lupus and autoantibodies reactive with SSA/Ro-SSB/La.","authors":"J P Buyon","doi":"10.1080/03009742.1998.11720702","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720702","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"23-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720702","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20671489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1080/03009742.1998.11720772
H Julkunen
The outlook of pregnancy for women with lupus nephritis is usually favourable if the disease has been quiescent for at least 3 months before pregnancy, and if, at conception, serum creatinine is less than 140 mumol/l, proteinuria less than 3 grams/25 hours and blood pressure controlled. The risk of fetal loss is, however, 2-3 times higher than in the normal population and pre-eclampsia, prematurity and fetal growth retardation frequently complicate these pregnancies. Pregnancies in women with lupus nephritis are high-risk pregnancies and they require intense fetal and maternal surveillance.
{"title":"Renal lupus in pregnancy.","authors":"H Julkunen","doi":"10.1080/03009742.1998.11720772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720772","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The outlook of pregnancy for women with lupus nephritis is usually favourable if the disease has been quiescent for at least 3 months before pregnancy, and if, at conception, serum creatinine is less than 140 mumol/l, proteinuria less than 3 grams/25 hours and blood pressure controlled. The risk of fetal loss is, however, 2-3 times higher than in the normal population and pre-eclampsia, prematurity and fetal growth retardation frequently complicate these pregnancies. Pregnancies in women with lupus nephritis are high-risk pregnancies and they require intense fetal and maternal surveillance.</p>","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"80-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720772","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20671502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Women who have or develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are all at increased risk of complications antenatally, intrapartum and in the puerperium. The increased risk applies to the mother as well to the fetus. Preeclampsia is the most serious form of hypertensive pregnancy complications. Preeclampsia is, however, not primarily a hypertensive disease but a disorder induced by factors dependent on the presence of placenta. The prime target of the placenta dependent factors is the vascular endothelium. Therefore the complications are associated with the vascular system, i.e. intravascular coagulation, bleeding and organ failure following poor perfusion. The fetus is at increased risk due to growth retardation and hypoxia following placental damage. Treatment of the hypertension is first indicated if the blood pressure rises to a level of increased risk of cerebral vascular complications, i.e. above 105-110 mmHg. Delivery is the only causal treatment and is always indicated if severe maternal or fetal complications develop.
{"title":"Hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia--diagnosis and treatment.","authors":"T Henriksen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Women who have or develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are all at increased risk of complications antenatally, intrapartum and in the puerperium. The increased risk applies to the mother as well to the fetus. Preeclampsia is the most serious form of hypertensive pregnancy complications. Preeclampsia is, however, not primarily a hypertensive disease but a disorder induced by factors dependent on the presence of placenta. The prime target of the placenta dependent factors is the vascular endothelium. Therefore the complications are associated with the vascular system, i.e. intravascular coagulation, bleeding and organ failure following poor perfusion. The fetus is at increased risk due to growth retardation and hypoxia following placental damage. Treatment of the hypertension is first indicated if the blood pressure rises to a level of increased risk of cerebral vascular complications, i.e. above 105-110 mmHg. Delivery is the only causal treatment and is always indicated if severe maternal or fetal complications develop.</p>","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"86-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20672718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1080/03009742.1998.11720782
A J Silman
{"title":"Reproductive events and the risk of development of rheumatoid arthritis.","authors":"A J Silman","doi":"10.1080/03009742.1998.11720782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720782","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"113-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720782","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20672724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1080/03009742.1998.11720775
T. Henriksen
Women who have or develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are all at increased risk of complications antenatally, intrapartum and in the puerperium. The increased risk applies to the mother as well to the fetus. Preeclampsia is the most serious form of hypertensive pregnancy complications. Preeclampsia is, however, not primarily a hypertensive disease but a disorder induced by factors dependent on the presence of placenta. The prime target of the placenta dependent factors is the vascular endothelium. Therefore the complications are associated with the vascular system, i.e. intravascular coagulation, bleeding and organ failure following poor perfusion. The fetus is at increased risk due to growth retardation and hypoxia following placental damage. Treatment of the hypertension is first indicated if the blood pressure rises to a level of increased risk of cerebral vascular complications, i.e. above 105-110 mmHg. Delivery is the only causal treatment and is always indicated if severe maternal or fetal complications develop.
{"title":"Hypertension in pregnancy and preeclampsia--diagnosis and treatment.","authors":"T. Henriksen","doi":"10.1080/03009742.1998.11720775","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720775","url":null,"abstract":"Women who have or develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are all at increased risk of complications antenatally, intrapartum and in the puerperium. The increased risk applies to the mother as well to the fetus. Preeclampsia is the most serious form of hypertensive pregnancy complications. Preeclampsia is, however, not primarily a hypertensive disease but a disorder induced by factors dependent on the presence of placenta. The prime target of the placenta dependent factors is the vascular endothelium. Therefore the complications are associated with the vascular system, i.e. intravascular coagulation, bleeding and organ failure following poor perfusion. The fetus is at increased risk due to growth retardation and hypoxia following placental damage. Treatment of the hypertension is first indicated if the blood pressure rises to a level of increased risk of cerebral vascular complications, i.e. above 105-110 mmHg. Delivery is the only causal treatment and is always indicated if severe maternal or fetal complications develop.","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"35 1","pages":"86-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86416609","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1080/03009742.1998.11720761
Y Sherer, M Blank, Y Shoenfeld
The various therapeutic modalities which are found to be beneficial in experimental antiphospholipid syndrome include: bone marrow transplantation, anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies, bromocriptine, intravenous immunoglobulins and anti-idiotypes, interleukin-3, and various anti-coagulant and anti-aggregate agents. The advantage of animal models is the ability to evaluate experimental treatments that cannot be tested directly on patients. In this paper, we review the effect of these agents on animal models of antiphospholipid syndrome, their mechanisms of action, and their clinical implications.
{"title":"Immunomodulation of experimental antiphospholipid syndrome.","authors":"Y Sherer, M Blank, Y Shoenfeld","doi":"10.1080/03009742.1998.11720761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720761","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The various therapeutic modalities which are found to be beneficial in experimental antiphospholipid syndrome include: bone marrow transplantation, anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies, bromocriptine, intravenous immunoglobulins and anti-idiotypes, interleukin-3, and various anti-coagulant and anti-aggregate agents. The advantage of animal models is the ability to evaluate experimental treatments that cannot be tested directly on patients. In this paper, we review the effect of these agents on animal models of antiphospholipid syndrome, their mechanisms of action, and their clinical implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"48-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720761","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20671495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1998-01-01DOI: 10.1080/03009742.1998.11720771
G Ruiz-Irastorza, M Khamashta, G R Hughes
{"title":"Does SLE flare during pregnancy?","authors":"G Ruiz-Irastorza, M Khamashta, G R Hughes","doi":"10.1080/03009742.1998.11720771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720771","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21501,"journal":{"name":"Scandinavian journal of rheumatology. Supplement","volume":"107 ","pages":"76-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03009742.1998.11720771","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20671501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}