Kids Face Slightly Higher Allergy Risk When Mom Has Lupus

Genetics, shared environmental exposures, as well as in utero exposure to maternal autoantibodies and cytokines may mediate this increased risk," wrote a Canadian team led by Julie Couture, MD, then of the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, now of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. They noted that only a few small, observational studies have assessed the risk of allergic conditions in the children of women with SLE. https://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Lupus/64572?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-04-17&eun=g721819d0r&pos=1