Successful paternity of a healthy child while taking methotrexate for Crohn's disease [13]

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2893-2894

  Griggs, Leah R ^a   Schwartz, David A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCAPTOPURINE; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CROHN DISEASE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; METHOTREXATE;

EID: 33845394609     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00867_13.x     Document Type: Letter

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