A new study may shed light on why some infants born to women who produce antibodies commonly found in lupus patients develop an autoimmune disease that can cause permanent heart damage. The study was published in the Nov. 15 issue of The Lancet. The study, led by Dr. Anne Stevens, a researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, looked at infants who died of heart block, a particularly severe form of the disease, known as neonatal lupus syndrome.
