Myasthenia gravis: Management issues during pregnancy

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-138

  Ferrero, Simone ^a   Pretta, Stefano ^b   Nicoletti, Annamaria ^a   Petrera, Pasquale ^a   Ragni, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth outcomes; Myasthenia gravis; Pregnancy complications; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ANENCEPHALUS; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BREAST FEEDING; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CATARACT; CHILL; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HALF LIFE; FATIGUE; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; GLAUCOMA; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTELORISM; HYPERTRICHOSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMED CONSENT; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALAISE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGNATHIA; MICROTIA; MOUTH LESION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MYALGIA; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PANCREATITIS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYMUS ATROPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREMOR; VOMITING;

EID: 23044516040     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2005.01.002     Document Type: Review

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