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Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that more commonly affects women, including many women during the childbearing years. This can make management challenging for practitioners involved in the care of these patients. This review article will discuss the available data and expert recommendations pertaining to women with RA who are pregnant or planning pregnancy. Herein, we will consider pregnancy complications associated with RA, the benefits of maintaining low disease activity prior to conception and throughout pregnancy, flare management during pregnancy, ensuring pregnancy-compatible medications to treat RA, and the reduced rates of fertility in patients with RA. While research in this area has greatly expanded over the past decade, it continues to be an area where more research is needed to best support women with RA as they navigate pregnancy.
类风湿性关节炎(RA)是一种全身性自身免疫性疾病,通常会影响女性,包括许多育龄期女性。这可能会给从事这些患者护理工作的医生带来管理上的挑战。这篇综述文章将讨论与妊娠或计划妊娠的 RA 女性患者相关的现有数据和专家建议。在此,我们将考虑与RA相关的妊娠并发症、在受孕前和整个妊娠期间保持低疾病活动度的益处、妊娠期间的复发管理、确保妊娠兼容的药物治疗RA,以及降低RA患者的生育率。在过去的十年中,这一领域的研究有了很大的发展,但它仍然是一个需要更多研究的领域,以便为患有RA的妇女在怀孕期间提供最好的支持。
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Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance.
Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.