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Congenital heart block associated with undiagnosed maternal Primary Sjögren's Syndrome -- a case report and discussion.

Steele JC, Dawson LJ, Moots RJ, Field EA

Department of Oral Medicine, University of Liverpool Dental Hospital & School, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, UK.

Congenital heart block (CHB) has been linked with Sjögren's Syndrome. This paper reports a case of previously undiagnosed maternal Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (1 degrees SS) that was only discovered following the birth of the patient's first child with CHB. The possible pathophysiological mechanisms underlying CHB associated with 1 degrees SS are discussed.

Published 12 May 2005 in Oral Dis, 11(3): 190-2.
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