Women with lupus have a higher risk for preeclampsia
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
New research reports that women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a two-fold increase in risk of preeclampsia —- a dangerous condition in which pregnant women develop high blood pressure (hypertension) and protein in their urine (proteinuria) after 20 weeks of gestation.