Pregnancy outcome after liver transplantation: A single-center experience of 71 pregnancies in 45 recipients

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1138-1143

  Christopher, Vimala ^a   Al Chalabi, Thawab ^a   Richardson, Paul D ^a   Mulesan, Paolo ^a   Rela, Mohammed ^a   Heaton, Nigel D ^a   O'Grady, John G ^a   Heneghan, Michael A ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; GESTATION PERIOD; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURITY; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746025347     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20810     Document Type: Article

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