El embarazo no exacerba la dermatomiositis / Pregnancy does not exacerbate dermatomyositis

ABSTRACT

We report four pregnacies in three dermatomyositis female patients who had their disease under control ffrom beginning, during the course of their pregnancies, and the postpartum period. Two female were off steroids and one received prednisone and azathioprine until week 16th of pregnancy when azathiprine was taken off, remaining only on prednisone, neither case had a disease relapse. All babies were alive and full term newbornes, they also were adequate for gestational age and none had congenital malformations.