Pregnancy in cystic fibrosis

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 537-540

  Tonelli, Mark R ^a   Aitken, Moira L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FERTILITY; FETUS OUTCOME; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL CARE; NUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34848884556     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3282f01120     Document Type: Review

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