Kidney transplantation and pregnancy

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 386-391

  Zachariah, Mareena S ^a,b   Tornatore, Kathleen M ^a   Venuto, Rocco C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug monitoring; Immunosuppression; Offspring; Outcomes; Pregnancy after kidney transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DACLIZUMAB; LEFLUNOMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OKT 3; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; DRUG MONITORING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BREAST FEEDING; DRUG MONITORING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FETUS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68849100873     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e32832dbc34     Document Type: Review

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