THU0036 Identifying Clinical Factors Associated with Lower Disease Activity during Pregnancy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis To Select Those Patients in Whom Medication Can Be Safely Tapered
Abstract:BackgroundPregnancy is the only natural condition in which Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) remits spontaneously in approximately half of the pregnancies [1]. Many physicians try to taper or stop medication when a women conceives in order to prevent drug related side effects for mother and child. However, 50% of the patients still has active disease in the third trimester of pregnancy1. Factors that can identify patients in whom medication can be safely tapered during pregnancy are therefore needed.ObjectivesTo deter… Show more
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