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M M Weinstein

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PubMed1985

Congenital complete heart block and SSA antibodies: obstetric implications.

Mothers with known or occult rheumatic disorders may be delivered of infants with congenital complete heart block. The more frequent use of ultrasonography during pregnancy now allows early detection of heart block in utero. The transplacental passage of SSA or SSB antibodies, of the IgG class, may mediate or be associated with immune damage to the fetal cardiac conduction system, as reported in our two patients. Maternal and/or newborn screening for SSA and SSB antibodies in selected patients permits an early presumptive diagnosis and will assist perinatal planning, particularly for immediate newborn cardiac pacemaker implantation. Early serologic detection of such antibodies may also assist family counseling of mothers at risk and should promote investigation of techniques to modify the immune status of these mothers. SSA- or SSB-positive maternal/fetal pairs should be prospectively managed by the obstetrician, neonatologist, and rheumatologist.

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PubMed1975

Further observations on the gingival cyst. Three case reports.

Three clinically discernable gingival cysts have been described and documented histologically. Two of these lesions occurred in the same patient in adjacent areas of the mouth. The potential origin of such cysts has been described. We suggest that gingival cysts are not clinical curiosities, as proposed in earlier reports.

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