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==Overview==


congenital heart block (CCHB) accompanied with neonatal lupus erythematosus is caused by an immune reaction between maternal anti-Ro/SSA antibodies and the fetal heart and is generally considered an irreversible process. This reaction mostly occurs before 30 weeks' gestation, especially between the 20th and 24th week.<ref name="pmid23910804">{{cite journal| author=Isayama T, Inamura N, Shiono N, Kitajima H| title=Neonatal lupus erythematosus complicated by improved congenital complete heart block. | journal=Pediatr Int | year= 2013 | volume= 55 | issue= 4 | pages= 521-4 | pmid=23910804 | doi=10.1111/ped.12073 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23910804  }} </ref>

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