Pregnancy and autoimmune hepatitis

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-189

  Uribe, Misael ^a,b   Chavez Tapia, Norberto C ^a   Mendez Sanchez, Nahum ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b LIVER RESEARCH UNIT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hepatitis; Fetal outcomes; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BREAST FEEDING; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MILK LEVEL; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDWARDS SYNDROME; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; FETUS MORTALITY; HEART BLOCK; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUPUS VULGARIS; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERTHES DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PYLORUS STENOSIS; REVIEW; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 33748937505     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)32008-3     Document Type: Review

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