Laura Andreoli, Cecilia B Chighizola, Luca Iaccarino, Angela Botta, Maria Gerosa, Véronique Ramoni, Chiara Tani, Bonnie Bermas, Antonio Brucato, Jill Buyon, Irene Cetin, Christina D Chambers, Megan E B Clowse, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, Maurizio Cutolo, Sara De Carolis, Radboud Dolhain, Elisa M Fazzi, Frauke Förger, Ian Giles, Isabell Haase, Munther Khamashta, Roger A Levy, Pier Luigi Meroni, Marta Mosca, Catherine Nelson-Piercy, Luigi Raio, Jane Salmon, Peter Villiger, Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Marianne Wallenius, Cristina Zanardini, Yehuda Shoenfeld, Angela Tincani
Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) can affect women and men during fertile age, therefore reproductive health is a priority issue in rheumatology. Many topics need to be considered during preconception counselling: fertility, the impact of disease-related factors on pregnancy outcomes, the influence of pregnancy on disease activity, the compatibility of medications with pregnancy and breastfeeding. Risk stratification and individualized treatment approach elaborated by a multidisciplinary team minimize the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APO)...
March 2023: Autoimmunity Reviews