Absence of teratogenicity of oral ganciclovir used during early pregnancy in a liver transplant recipient

Transplantation

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 758-759

  Pescovitz, Mark D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGEN TESTING; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0033558984     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199903150-00021     Document Type: Article

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