Pregnancy after renal transplantation: Prospects and concerns

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 55-60

  Khedmat, Hossein ^a   Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^a   Taheri, Saeed ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Dr Taheri Medical Research Group   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Pregnancy; Renal transplantation; Review

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; DEXAMETHASONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLEFT PALATE; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG MILK LEVEL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; IRAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PLACENTA; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RISK; T LYMPHOCYTE; TERATOGENICITY; UMBILICAL VEIN; ADULT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEMALE; FETUS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 67649802604     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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