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Pregnancy Among Patients with Lupus: Progress, Problems, and Promise

Cassidy Onukwuli Cassidy Onukwuli, MD, is an assistant professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Division of Nephrology, Dallas. Anika Lucas, MD, MTS, is a medical instructor and clinical investigator in the Division of Nephrology at Duke University, Durham, NC.

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Anika Lucas Cassidy Onukwuli, MD, is an assistant professor at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the Division of Nephrology, Dallas. Anika Lucas, MD, MTS, is a medical instructor and clinical investigator in the Division of Nephrology at Duke University, Durham, NC.

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