This risk is increased tenfold in women who have had a previous child with congenital heart block. Accumulated evidence suggests that anti-SSA/Ro and anti-SSB/La antibodies are necessary but ...

Other conditions commonly seen in patients with these antibodies are vasculitic-syndromes, Sjogren's syndrome, and congenital heart block in neonates born to women with SSA-Ro. Antimalarial agents ...