NEONATAL LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS - A MULTIDIS CIPLINARY DISEASE

Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is a syndrome of cutaneous lupus or congenital heart block or both and/or systemic manifestations which a ppears in children of women with connective tissue diseases (SLE, Sjog ren Syndrome, etc.) or asymptomatic mothers with antibodies anti-Ro/SS A, anti-La/SSB and, rarely, anti-U1 RNP. The management of this syndro me, for its particular features, involves various different health pro fessionals such as rheumatologist, gynecologist, neonatologist and ped iatric cardiologist. In this paper we present an update on NLE as a co ntribution for the better understanding of this condition and for the subsequent preventive and therapeutical choices.