C4d Deposition in Fetal Vessels of the Placenta in Neonatal Lupus Syndrome

• Main Authors: Yuichiro Sato (Author), Tomoko Yamaguchi (Author), Jyunsuke Muraoka (Author), Hajime Taniguchi (Author), Atsushi Kisanuki (Author), Kazunari Maekawa (Author), Atushi Yamashita (Author), Murasaki Aman (Author), Yuki Kodama (Author), Hiroshi Sameshima (Author), Yujiro Asada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Neonatal lupus syndrome (NLS) is a rare, passively acquired autoimmune syndrome caused by maternal autoantibodies. We describe a case of a newborn with NLS and the accompanying placental findings. A female neonate was born by emergency cesarean delivery due to non-reassuring fetal status at 35 weeks...