Table 1.

Categories of patients that should be tested for anti-Ro/SSA antibodies before pregnancy.

Patients with symptoms specific to Sjögren’s syndrome: xerostomia, xerophthalmia, salivary gland enlargement [14]

Women with Sjögren’s syndrome or systemic lupus erythematosus who intend to become pregnant [13]

Patients with symptoms suggesting the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus, but with a negative indirect immunofluorescence test for antinuclear antibodies [13]

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis or juvenile idiopathic arthritis [24]

Women with a history of giving birth to a child with congenital heart block or neonatal lupus [24]

Antinuclear antibody (ANA)-positive women who are planning to become pregnant