CASE STUDY - Recurrent postpartum episodic RA

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J Clin Rheumatol. 2006 Aug;12(4):196-8.

Recurrent postpartum episodic rheumatoid arthritis.

Hammoudeh M.

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Hamad General

Hospital, Doha, Qatar.

It is well known that rheumatoid arthritis improves in the majority of

patients during pregnancy and that aggravation of disease symptoms

occurs within the first 6 months postpartum. We report a female

patient who had 4 postpartum episodes of transient polyarthritis

typical of rheumatoid arthritis with positive serum rheumatoid factor

and anti-CCP antibodies. All bouts resolved within 4 to 10 weeks after

onset without any symptoms in between the episodes.

PMID: 16891925

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16891925

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