Breast-feeding during maternal use of azathioprine

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2269-2272

  Moretti, Myla E ^a   Verjee, Zul ^a   Ito, Shinya ^a,b   Koren, Gideon ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

6 mercaptopurine; Azathioprine; Breast feeding; Lactation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCITONIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CYCLOSPORIN; DRUG METABOLITE; LEVOTHYROXINE; MERCAPTOPURINE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG MILK LEVEL; EMBRYOPATHY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 33845660838     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1H152     Document Type: Article

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