Study: More Expectant Mothers Begin Pregnancy with Autoimmune Conditions

Maternal acute and chronic inflammation in pregnancy is associated with common neurodevelopmental disorders: a systematic review

Inflammation is increasingly recognized as a cause or consequence of common problems of humanity including obesity, stress, depression, pollution and disease states such as autoimmunity, asthma, and infection. Maternal immune activation (MIA), triggered by both acute and systemic chronic inflammation, is hypothesized to be one of the mechanisms implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD). Although there is substantial pr…

Project sees a rise in expectant mothers in UK with autoimmune diseases since millennium

Thousands more UK women who are having children have been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition now compared to the beginning of the millennium.

Study: More expectant mothers begin pregnancy with autoimmune conditions

Thousands more UK women who are having children have been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition now compared to the beginning of the millennium.