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Rheumatic diseases during pregnancy and SARS‐CoV‐2: An appeal for medication adherence
Author(s) -
Scioscia Marco,
Praino Emanuela,
Scioscia Crescenzio
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1002/ijgo.13255
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , outbreak , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , immunology , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genetics , biology
The novel SARS‐CoV‐2 outbreak has raised concerns among patients with rheumatic diseases receiving chronic immunosuppressive therapy. Patient concerns regarding immune response to the virus have fueled non‐adherence behavior.