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scleroderma in pregnancy
high-risk pregnancy
Complications:
- premature labor
- low birth weight full-term infants
Management:
- despite contraindications of ACE inhibitor during pregnancy, scleroderma renal crisis is managed with ACE inhibitors [1]
General
pregnancy disorder; obstetric disorder; pregnancy complication
scleroderma (diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 16
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2012
- Steen VD.
Pregnancy in scleroderma.
Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 2007 May;33(2):345-58, vii.
PMID: 17499711