Pregnancy after liver transplantation

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 212-215

  Rinella, Mary Eugenia ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Liver transplantation; Pregnancy; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS;

AMENORRHEA; BIRTH CONTROL; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SAFETY;

FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748942265     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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