PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Weng Ian  Che
AU  - Karin Hellgren
AU  - Ingrid E.  Lundberg
AU  - Marie Holmqvist
TI  - Reproductive Pattern in Women with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy – a Population-based Study
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.190474
DP  - 2019 Aug 15
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.190474
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/08/16/jrheum.190474.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/08/16/jrheum.190474.full
AB  - Objective To examine the reproductive pattern of women with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) compared to the general population. Methods Population-based, nationwide registers were used to identify offspring of women with IIM and comparators. Results Women with IIM in general had similar reproductive pattern as the comparators whereas those diagnosed between 26 and 45 years of age there was an overall trend for fewer children as well as trend for a higher proportion of nulliparity and a lower fertility rate in women with dermatomyositis than their comparators. Conclusion Reproductive attention should be paid to patients with IIM diagnosed during childbearing period.