JOURNAL OF MATERNAL-FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE, cilt.24, ss.1022-1026, 2011 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Fertility and maintanence of pregnancy is impaired in patients with SLE, which is an autoimmune disease commonly seen in women of childbearing age, due to disease-causing autoantibodies. The auto-antibodies transplacentally passing to the fetus may destroy the specific fetal tissues according to their types. These harmful effects may also continue in postnatal life.