Successful pregnancy in a liver transplant recipient treated with lamivudine for de novo hepatitis B in the graft

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 730-734

  Loreno, Massimiliano ^a   Bo, Patrizio ^b   Senzolo, Marco ^a   Cillo, Umberto ^a   Naoumov, Nikolai ^c   Burra, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Hospital of Bassano Del Grappa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HBV hepatitis; Immunosuppressant drugs; Lamivudine; Liver transplantation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAROLI DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENESIS;

EID: 17644384855     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00147-004-0785-5     Document Type: Article

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