RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Reproductive Pattern in Women with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy: A Population-based Study
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 1392
OP 1396
DO 10.3899/jrheum.190474
VO 47
IS 9
A1 Weng Ian Che
A1 Karin Hellgren
A1 Ingrid E. Lundberg
A1 Marie Holmqvist
YR 2020
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/47/9/1392.abstract
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 patterns as the comparators, whereas in those diagnosed between 26 and 45 years of age, there was an overall trend for fewer children as well as 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 the childbearing period.