Multiple pregnancies in women after renal transplantation: Case report that rises a management dilemma

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Furman, Boris ^a   Wiznitzer, Arnon ^a   Hackmon, Rinat ^a   Gohar, Joseph ^a   Mazor, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal reduction; High risk pregnancy; Multiple pregnancy; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS SURGERY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032919449     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-2115(98)00258-9     Document Type: Article

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