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In developed world, women with congenital heart disease typically give birth safely
In a study published in the European Heart Journal, researchers found low maternal mortality among pregnant women with congenital heart disease in highly developed health care systems.
Scarcity of lupus assays in developing countries limit utility of international criteria, trials
ATLANTA — Limited access to supportive laboratory assays in developing countries significantly reduces the diagnostic utility of the ACR/EULAR criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus, which relies on an antinuclear antibody titer of 1:80 for its entry criterion, noted a presenter at the 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting.
TAF, combination regimens improve outcomes in HIV, but challenges remain
In recent years, a “big emphasis” in the treatment of HIV has been placed on the development of tenofovir alafenamide and the increasing number of combination regimens, according to Ann Collier, MD, professor of medicine in the division of allergy and infectious diseases and director of the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at the University of Washington and associate director of the Center for AIDS Research at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.