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Do you use hydroxychloroquine for prevention of neonatal lupus in patients with a positive SSA who are planning on becoming pregnant?

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Rheumatology · Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

There is some evidence that hydroxychloroquine can prevent CHB in patients at high risk (mothers who already had a fetus with CHB in a previous pregnancy (Izmirly et al., PMID 32674792). There is scant evidence about neonatal lupus and the use of HCQ to prevent it. HCQ is generally well-tolerated an...

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